The host is running Firewall Builder and is prone to Privilege
Escalation vulnerability.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_firewall_builder_priv_esc_vuln_lin.nasl 5306 2017-02-16 09:00:16Z teissa $
#
# Firewall Builder Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Linux)
#
# Authors:
# Rachana Shetty <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# 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 any later version), 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.
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tag_impact = "Successful exploitation will allow local users to perform certain actions
with escalated privileges.
Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Firewall Builder versions 3.0.4 to 3.0.6 on Linux.";
tag_insight = "The flaw is due to the application generating scripts, which are using
temporary files in an insecure manner. This can be exploited to overwrite
arbitrary files via symlink attack.";
tag_solution = "Update to version 3.0.7
For updates refer to http://www.fwbuilder.org/";
tag_summary = "The host is running Firewall Builder and is prone to Privilege
Escalation vulnerability.";
if(description)
{
script_id(800996);
script_version("$Revision: 5306 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-02-16 10:00:16 +0100 (Thu, 16 Feb 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-03-18 15:44:57 +0100 (Thu, 18 Mar 2010)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-4664");
script_bugtraq_id(36468);
script_name("Firewall Builder Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Linux)");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://secunia.com/advisories/36809");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/53392");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035112.html");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_firewall_builder_detect_lin.nasl");
script_require_keys("FirewallBuilder/Linux/Ver");
script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
fwbuildVer = get_kb_item("FirewallBuilder/Linux/Ver");
if(isnull(fwbuildVer)){
exit(0);
}
#Check for versions 3.0.4 to 3.0.6
if(version_in_range(version:fwbuildVer, test_version:"3.0.4", test_version2:"3.0.6" )){
security_message(0);
}