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
26.0%
When sudo is configured to allow a user to edit files under a directory that they can already write to without using sudo, they can actually edit (read and write) arbitrary files. Daniel Svartman reported that a configuration like this might be introduced unintentionally if the editable files are specified using wildcards, for example :
operator ALL=(root) sudoedit /home///test.txt
The default behaviour of sudo has been changed so that it does not allow editing of a file in a directory that the user can write to, or that is reached by following a symlink in a directory that the user can write to. These restrictions can be disabled, but this is strongly discouraged.
#%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-3440. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(87852);
script_version("2.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5602");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3440");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3440-1 : sudo - security update");
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:
"When sudo is configured to allow a user to edit files under a
directory that they can already write to without using sudo, they can
actually edit (read and write) arbitrary files. Daniel Svartman
reported that a configuration like this might be introduced
unintentionally if the editable files are specified using wildcards,
for example :
operator ALL=(root) sudoedit /home/*/*/test.txt
The default behaviour of sudo has been changed so that it does not
allow editing of a file in a directory that the user can write to, or
that is reached by following a symlink in a directory that the user
can write to. These restrictions can be disabled, but this is strongly
discouraged."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=804149"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/sudo"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/sudo"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3440"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the sudo packages.
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.8.5p2-1+nmu3+deb7u1.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.8.10p3-1+deb8u3."
);
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:POC/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:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sudo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/01/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/01/12");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2021 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:"7.0", prefix:"sudo", reference:"1.8.5p2-1+nmu3+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"sudo-ldap", reference:"1.8.5p2-1+nmu3+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"sudo", reference:"1.8.10p3-1+deb8u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"sudo-ldap", reference:"1.8.10p3-1+deb8u3")) 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 | sudo | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sudo |
debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0 |
debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0 |