CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
81.6%
Updated VNC packages are available to fix a weak cookie vulnerability.
VNC is a tool for providing a remote graphical user interface.
The VNC server acts as an X server, but the script for starting it generates an MIT X cookie (which is used for X authentication) without using a strong enough random number generator. This could allow an attacker to be able to more easily guess the authentication cookie.
All users of VNC are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a patch to correct this issue.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2003:068. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(12370);
script_version("1.24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2002-1511");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2003:068");
script_name(english:"RHEL 2.1 : vnc (RHSA-2003:068)");
script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Updated VNC packages are available to fix a weak cookie vulnerability.
VNC is a tool for providing a remote graphical user interface.
The VNC server acts as an X server, but the script for starting it
generates an MIT X cookie (which is used for X authentication) without
using a strong enough random number generator. This could allow an
attacker to be able to more easily guess the authentication cookie.
All users of VNC are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages,
which contain a patch to correct this issue."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2002-1511"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:068"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected vnc, vnc-doc and / or vnc-server packages."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vnc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vnc-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vnc-server");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2003/03/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/02/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/07/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^2\.1([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 2.1", "Red Hat " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i386", cpu);
yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo))
{
rhsa = "RHSA-2003:068";
yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : yum_report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
}
}
else
{
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL2.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"vnc-3.3.3r2-18.6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL2.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"vnc-doc-3.3.3r2-18.6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL2.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"vnc-server-3.3.3r2-18.6")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "vnc / vnc-doc / vnc-server");
}
}