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Debian Security Advisory DSA 544-1 (webmin)

🗓️ 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 544-1 for webmin with a vulnerability related to not checking previous directory owner, allowing an attacker to create a dangerous symbolic link. Recommendation is to upgrade webmin packages

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_544_1.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 544-1
#
# 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 = "Ludwig Nussel discovered a problem in webmin, a web-based
administration toolkit.  A temporary directory was used but without
checking for the previous owner.  This could allow an attacker to
create the directory and place dangerous symbolic links inside.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.94-7woody3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.160-1 of webmin and 1.090-1 of usermin.

We recommend that you upgrade your webmin packages.";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to webmin
announced via advisory DSA 544-1.";

tag_solution = "https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20544-1";

if(description)
{
 script_id(53234);
 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 22:45:44 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
 script_bugtraq_id(11153);
 script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0559");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.1");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
 script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 544-1 (webmin)");



 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:"webmin-apache", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-bind8", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-burner", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-cluster-software", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-cluster-useradmin", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-core", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-cpan", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-dhcpd", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-exports", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-fetchmail", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-heartbeat", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-inetd", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-jabber", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-lpadmin", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-mon", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-mysql", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-nis", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-postfix", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-postgresql", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-ppp", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-qmailadmin", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-quota", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-raid", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-samba", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-sendmail", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-software", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-squid", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-sshd", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-ssl", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-status", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-stunnel", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-wuftpd", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-xinetd", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"webmin-grub", ver:"0.94-7woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

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

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17 Jan 2008 00:00Current
6.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.4
EPSS0.00072
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