CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in sympa :
sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability (CVE-2008-4476).
This update fixes this vulnerability.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:263.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(42091);
script_version("1.14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4476");
script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2009:263");
script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : sympa (MDVSA-2009:263)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"A vulnerability has been found and corrected in sympa :
sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary
files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was
also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not
a vulnerability (CVE-2008-4476).
This update fixes this vulnerability."
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected sympa package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cwe_id(59);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:sympa");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/10/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/10/12");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.1", reference:"sympa-5.3.4-2.1mdv2008.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");