The remote host is missing an update to ppp announced via advisory DSA 1106-1. The winbind plugin in pppd does not check whether a setuid() call has been successful when trying to drop privileges
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 18 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 1150-1] New shadow packages fix privilege escalation | 12 Aug 200616:50 | β | debian |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 1106-1] New ppp packages fix privilege escalation | 10 Jul 200606:21 | β | debian |
![]() | Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-310-1) | 26 Aug 202200:00 | β | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1106) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | β | openvas |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 1150-1 (shadow) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | β | openvas |
![]() | CVE-2006-2194 | 5 Jul 200618:00 | β | cvelist |
![]() | CVE-2006-2194 | 5 Jul 200600:00 | β | ubuntucve |
![]() | [Full-disclosure] [USN-310-1] ppp vulnerability | 6 Jul 200600:00 | β | securityvulns |
![]() | Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ppp (MDKSA-2006:119) | 11 Jul 200600:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-1106-1 : ppp - programming error | 14 Oct 200600:00 | β | nessus |
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_1106_1.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1106-1
#
# 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_solution = "For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.3-20050321+2sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.4rel-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your ppp package.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201106-1";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to ppp
announced via advisory DSA 1106-1.
Marcus Meissner discovered that the winbind plugin in pppd does not
check whether a setuid() call has been successful when trying to drop
privileges, which may fail with some PAM configurations.
The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.";
if(description)
{
script_id(57083);
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 23:13:11 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-2194");
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 1106-1 (ppp)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2006 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 : "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:"ppp-dev", ver:"2.4.3-20050321+2sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"ppp", ver:"2.4.3-20050321+2sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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