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Ubuntu USN-827-1 (dnsmasq)

2009-09-0900:00:00
Copyright (c) 2009 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
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0.314 Low

EPSS

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96.5%

The remote host is missing an update to dnsmasq
announced via advisory USN-827-1.

# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: ubuntu_827_1.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $
# $Id: ubuntu_827_1.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory USN-827-1 (dnsmasq)
#
# 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_solution = "The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
 following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
  dnsmasq-base                    2.41-2ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 8.10:
  dnsmasq-base                    2.45-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 9.04:
  dnsmasq-base                    2.47-3ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-827-1";

tag_insight = "IvAin Arce, Pablo HernAin Jorge, Alejandro Pablo Rodriguez, MartAยญn Coco,
Alberto SoliAto Testa and Pablo Annetta discovered that Dnsmasq did not
properly validate its input when processing TFTP requests for files with
long names. A remote attacker could cause a denial of service or execute
arbitrary code with user privileges. Dnsmasq runs as the 'dnsmasq' user by
default on Ubuntu. (CVE-2009-2957)

Steve Grubb discovered that Dnsmasq could be made to dereference a NULL
pointer when processing certain TFTP requests. A remote attacker could
cause a denial of service by sending a crafted TFTP request.
(CVE-2009-2958)";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to dnsmasq
announced via advisory USN-827-1.";

                                                                                


if(description)
{
 script_id(64827);
 script_version("$Revision: 7969 $");
 script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-12-01 10:23:16 +0100 (Fri, 01 Dec 2017) $");
 script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-09-09 02:15:49 +0200 (Wed, 09 Sep 2009)");
 script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2957", "CVE-2009-2958");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
 script_name("Ubuntu USN-827-1 (dnsmasq)");



 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 script_xref(name: "URL" , value: "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-827-1/");

 script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2009 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
 script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
 script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
 script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
 script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
 script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
 script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
 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:"dnsmasq", ver:"2.41-2ubuntu2.2", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dnsmasq-base", ver:"2.41-2ubuntu2.2", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dnsmasq", ver:"2.45-1ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.10")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dnsmasq-base", ver:"2.45-1ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.10")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dnsmasq", ver:"2.47-3ubuntu0.1", rls:"UBUNTU9.04")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"dnsmasq-base", ver:"2.47-3ubuntu0.1", rls:"UBUNTU9.04")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

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