Ubuntu USN-851-1 (elinks)

# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: ubuntu_851_1.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $
# $Id: ubuntu_851_1.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory USN-851-1 (elinks)
#
# 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)
#
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# or at your option, GNU General Public License version 3,
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#
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#

include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_solution = "The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
 following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
  elinks                          0.10.6-1ubuntu3.4
  elinks-lite                     0.10.6-1ubuntu3.4

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Elinks to effect
the necessary changes.

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-851-1";

tag_insight = "Teemu Salmela discovered that Elinks did not properly validate input when
processing smb:// URLs. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious
website and had smbclient installed, a remote attacker could execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2006-5925)

Jakub Wilk discovered a logic error in Elinks, leading to a buffer
overflow. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote
attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the
program. (CVE-2008-7224)";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to elinks
announced via advisory USN-851-1.";

                                                                                


if(description)
{
 script_id(66112);
 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:"2009-10-27 01:37:56 +0100 (Tue, 27 Oct 2009)");
 script_cve_id("CVE-2006-5925", "CVE-2008-7224");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
 script_name("Ubuntu USN-851-1 (elinks)");



 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 script_xref(name: "URL" , value: "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-851-1/");

 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 : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
 script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
 script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
 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:"elinks", ver:"0.10.6-1ubuntu3.4", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"elinks-lite", ver:"0.10.6-1ubuntu3.4", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

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