CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
73.5%
Charles Duffy discovered that the Commandline class in the utilities for the Plexus framework performs insufficient quoting of double-encoded strings, which could result in the execution of arbitrary shell commands.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4146. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(108490);
script_version("1.3");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/13 12:30:46");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-1000487");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4146");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4146-1 : plexus-utils - 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:
"Charles Duffy discovered that the Commandline class in the utilities
for the Plexus framework performs insufficient quoting of
double-encoded strings, which could result in the execution of
arbitrary shell commands."
);
# https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/plexus-utils
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f03d4a5d"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/plexus-utils"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/plexus-utils"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4146"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the plexus-utils packages.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 1:1.5.15-4+deb8u1.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:1.5.15-4+deb9u1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:plexus-utils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/03/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/03/21");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018 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:"8.0", prefix:"libplexus-utils-java", reference:"1:1.5.15-4+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libplexus-utils-java-doc", reference:"1:1.5.15-4+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libplexus-utils-java", reference:"1:1.5.15-4+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libplexus-utils-java-doc", reference:"1:1.5.15-4+deb9u1")) 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");
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
73.5%