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
26.8%
Todd Miller reports :
Sudo 1.8.0 introduced simple debugging support that was primarily intended for use when developing policy or I/O logging plugins. The sudo_debug() function contains a flaw where the program name is used as part of the format string passed to the fprintf() function. The program name can be controlled by the caller, either via a symbolic link or, on some systems, by setting argv[0] when executing sudo.
Using standard format string vulnerability exploitation techniques it is possible to leverage this bug to achieve root privileges.
Exploitation of the bug does not require that the attacker be listed in the sudoers file. As such, we strongly suggest that affected sites upgrade from affected sudo versions as soon as possible.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
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# OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(57739);
script_version("1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-0809");
script_name(english:"FreeBSD : sudo -- format string vulnerability (7c920bb7-4b5f-11e1-9f47-00e0815b8da8)");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Todd Miller reports :
Sudo 1.8.0 introduced simple debugging support that was primarily
intended for use when developing policy or I/O logging plugins. The
sudo_debug() function contains a flaw where the program name is used
as part of the format string passed to the fprintf() function. The
program name can be controlled by the caller, either via a symbolic
link or, on some systems, by setting argv[0] when executing sudo.
Using standard format string vulnerability exploitation techniques it
is possible to leverage this bug to achieve root privileges.
Exploitation of the bug does not require that the attacker be listed
in the sudoers file. As such, we strongly suggest that affected sites
upgrade from affected sudo versions as soon as possible."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/alerts/sudo_debug.html"
);
# https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/7c920bb7-4b5f-11e1-9f47-00e0815b8da8.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?52b68937"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:sudo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/01/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/01/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/01/31");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"sudo>=1.8.0<1.8.3_2")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");