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
9.7%
New kernels are available for Slackware 8.1 containing a backported fix from a bounds-checking problem in the kernel’s mremap() call which could be used by a local attacker to gain root privileges. This fix was previously issued for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current (SSA:2004-006-01). Sites running Slackware 8.1 should upgrade to the new kernel. After installing the new kernel, be sure to run ‘lilo’.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2004-008-01. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Slackware Linux, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(18786);
script_version("1.16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0985");
script_xref(name:"SSA", value:"2004-008-01");
script_name(english:"Slackware 8.1 : Slackware 8.1 kernel security update (SSA:2004-008-01)");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in /var/log/packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Slackware host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"New kernels are available for Slackware 8.1 containing a backported
fix from a bounds-checking problem in the kernel's mremap() call which
could be used by a local attacker to gain root privileges. This fix
was previously issued for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current
(SSA:2004-006-01). Sites running Slackware 8.1 should upgrade to the
new kernel. After installing the new kernel, be sure to run 'lilo'."
);
# http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.458438
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b72c60b9"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected kernel-ide and / or kernel-source packages."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-ide");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-source");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:8.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/01/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/07/13");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Slackware Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Slackware/release", "Host/Slackware/packages");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("slackware.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Slackware");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/packages")) 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$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Slackware", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (slackware_check(osver:"8.1", pkgname:"kernel-ide", pkgver:"2.4.18", pkgarch:"i386", pkgnum:"5")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"8.1", pkgname:"kernel-source", pkgver:"2.4.18", pkgarch:"noarch", pkgnum:"6")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:slackware_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
slackware | slackware_linux | kernel-ide | p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-ide |
slackware | slackware_linux | kernel-source | p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-source |
slackware | slackware_linux | 8.1 | cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:8.1 |