# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_1755_1.nasl 6615 2017-07-07 12:09:52Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1755-1 (systemtap)
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largely 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,
# or at your option, GNU General Public License version 3,
# 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 = "Erik Sjoelund discovered that a race condition in the stap tool shipped
by Systemtap, an instrumentation system for Linux 2.6, allows local
privilege escalation for members of the stapusr group.
The old stable distribution (etch) isn't affected.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.0.20080705-1+lenny1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.0.20090314-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your systemtap package.";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to systemtap
announced via advisory DSA 1755-1.";
tag_solution = "https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201755-1";
if(description)
{
script_id(63685);
script_version("$Revision: 6615 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 14:09:52 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-03-31 19:20:21 +0200 (Tue, 31 Mar 2009)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0784");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 1755-1 (systemtap)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2009 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:"systemtap", ver:"0.0.20080705-1+lenny1", rls:"DEB5.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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