CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
16.0%
Sebastian Kramer discovered two vulnerabilities in udev, the /dev and hotplug management daemon.
CVE-2009-1185 udev does not check the origin of NETLINK messages, allowing local users to gain root privileges.
CVE-2009-1186 udev suffers from a buffer overflow condition in path encoding, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1772. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(36172);
script_version("1.24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1185", "CVE-2009-1186");
script_bugtraq_id(34536, 34539);
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1772");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1772-1 : udev - several vulnerabilities");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Sebastian Kramer discovered two vulnerabilities in udev, the /dev and
hotplug management daemon.
- CVE-2009-1185
udev does not check the origin of NETLINK messages,
allowing local users to gain root privileges.
- CVE-2009-1186
udev suffers from a buffer overflow condition in path
encoding, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1185"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1186"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1772"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the udev package.
For the old stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed
in version 0.105-4etch1.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.125-7+lenny1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Linux udev Netlink Local Privilege Escalation');
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'CANVAS');
script_cwe_id(20, 119);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:udev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/04/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/04/17");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libvolume-id-dev", reference:"0.105-4etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libvolume-id0", reference:"0.105-4etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"udev", reference:"0.105-4etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"libvolume-id-dev", reference:"0.125-7+lenny1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"libvolume-id0", reference:"0.125-7+lenny1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"udev", reference:"0.125-7+lenny1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | udev | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:udev |
debian | debian_linux | 4.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0 |
debian | debian_linux | 5.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0 |