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
EPSS
Percentile
86.4%
Ludwig Nussel discovered a problem in webmin, a web-based administration toolkit. A temporary directory was used but without checking for the previous owner. This could allow an attacker to create the directory and place dangerous symbolic links inside.
#%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-544. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(15381);
script_version("1.22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0559", "CVE-2004-1468");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"544");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-544-1 : webmin - insecure temporary directory");
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:
"Ludwig Nussel discovered a problem in webmin, a web-based
administration toolkit. A temporary directory was used but without
checking for the previous owner. This could allow an attacker to
create the directory and place dangerous symbolic links inside."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-544"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the webmin packages.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.94-7woody3."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webmin");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/09/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/09/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/09/05");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
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:"3.0", prefix:"webmin", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-apache", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-bind8", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-burner", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-cluster-software", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-cluster-useradmin", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-core", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-cpan", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-dhcpd", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-exports", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-fetchmail", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-grub", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-heartbeat", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-inetd", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-jabber", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-lpadmin", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-mon", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-mysql", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-nis", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-postfix", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-postgresql", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-ppp", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-qmailadmin", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-quota", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-raid", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-samba", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-sendmail", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-software", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-squid", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-sshd", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-ssl", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-status", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-stunnel", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-wuftpd", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"webmin-xinetd", reference:"0.94-7woody3")) 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");