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Debian Security Advisory DSA 433-1 (kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips)

🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.comType 
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 433-1 (kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips) addresses an integer overflow vulnerability in the Linux kernel, allowing local users to gain root privileges. Upgrading the kernel image packages for the mips architecture is recommended

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_433_1.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 433-1
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largerly excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#

include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "RedHat and SuSE kernel and security teams revealed an integer overflow
in the do_brk() function of the Linux kernel allows local users to
gain root privileges.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody4.  Other architectures are already or
will be fixed separately.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon
with newly uploaded packages.

We recommend that you upgrade your kernel image packages for the mips";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips
announced via advisory DSA 433-1.";

tag_solution = "https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20433-1";

if(description)
{
 script_id(53133);
 script_version("$Revision: 6616 $");
 script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 14:10:49 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
 script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:41:51 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
 script_bugtraq_id(9138);
 script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0961");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
 script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 433-1 (kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips)");



 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

 script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
 script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
 script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
 script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
 script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
 script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
 script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
 script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
 script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
 exit(0);
}

#
# The script code starts here
#

include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips", ver:"2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody4", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"kernel-headers-2.4.17", ver:"2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody4", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"kernel-image-2.4.17-r4k-ip22", ver:"2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody4", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"kernel-image-2.4.17-r5k-ip22", ver:"2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody4", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"kernel-image-2.4.17-r3k-kn02", ver:"2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody4", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"kernel-image-2.4.17-r4k-kn04", ver:"2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody4", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mips-tools", ver:"2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody4", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}

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