The remote host is missing an update to hylafax
announced via advisory DSA 148-1.
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_148_1.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 148-1
#
# 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 = "A set of problems have been discovered in Hylafax, a flexible
client/server fax software distributed with many GNU/Linux
distributions. Quoting SecurityFocus the problems are in detail:
* A format string vulnerability makes it possible for users to
potentially execute arbitrary code on some implementations. Due to
insufficient checking of input, it's possible to execute a format
string attack. Since this only affects systems with the faxrm and
faxalter programs installed setuid, Debian is not vulnerable.
* A buffer overflow has been reported in Hylafax. A malicious fax
transmission may include a long scan line that will overflow a
memory buffer, corrupting adjacent memory. An exploid may result
in a denial of service condition, or possibly the execution of
arbitrary code with root privileges.
* A format string vulnerability has been discovered in faxgetty.
Incoming fax messages include a Transmitting Subscriber
Identification (TSI) string, used to identify the sending fax
machine. Hylafax uses this data as part of a format string without
properly sanitizing the input. Malicious fax data may cause the
server to crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.
* Marcin Dawcewicz discovered a format string vulnerability in hfaxd,
which will crash hfaxd under certain circumstances. Since Debian
doesn't have hfaxd installed setuid root, this problem can not
directly lead into a vulnerability. This has been fixed by Darren
Nickerson, which was already present in newer versions, but not in
the potato version.
These problems have been fixed in version 4.0.2-14.3 for the old
stable distribution (potato), in version 4.1.1-1.1 for the current
stable distribution (woody) and in version 4.1.2-2.1 for the unstable
distribution (sid).
We recommend that you upgrade your hylafax packages.";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to hylafax
announced via advisory DSA 148-1.";
tag_solution = "https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20148-1";
if(description)
{
script_id(53727);
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 22:24:46 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2001-1034");
script_bugtraq_id(3357,5349,5348);
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 148-1 (hylafax)");
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:"hylafax-doc", ver:"4.0.2-14.3", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"hylafax-client", ver:"4.0.2-14.3", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"hylafax-server", ver:"4.0.2-14.3", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"hylafax-doc", ver:"4.1.1-1.1", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"hylafax-client", ver:"4.1.1-1.1", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"hylafax-server", ver:"4.1.1-1.1", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}