CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
93.2%
Flaws were discovered in the way PCRE handles certain malformed regular expressions. If an application linked against PCRE, such as Konqueror, parsed a malicious regular expression, it may have been possible to run arbitrary code as the user running the application.
(CVE-2006-7225, CVE-2006-7226, CVE-2006-7228, CVE-2006-7230, CVE-2007-1660)
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(65042);
script_version("1.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-7225", "CVE-2006-7226", "CVE-2006-7228", "CVE-2006-7230", "CVE-2007-1659", "CVE-2007-1660");
script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : pcre on SL4.x, SL3.x i386/x86_64");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Flaws were discovered in the way PCRE handles certain malformed
regular expressions. If an application linked against PCRE, such as
Konqueror, parsed a malicious regular expression, it may have been
possible to run arbitrary code as the user running the application.
(CVE-2006-7225, CVE-2006-7226, CVE-2006-7228, CVE-2006-7230,
CVE-2007-1660)"
);
# https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0712&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=79
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?82209140"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected pcre and / or pcre-devel packages."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_cwe_id(20, 119, 189);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/11/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/03/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/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);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
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 (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL3", reference:"pcre-3.9-10.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL3", reference:"pcre-devel-3.9-10.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"pcre-4.5-4.el4_6.6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"pcre-4.5-4.el4.6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"pcre-devel-4.5-4.el4_6.6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"pcre-devel-4.5-4.el4.6")) 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");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
fermilab | scientific_linux | x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-7225
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-7226
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-7228
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-7230
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1659
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1660
www.nessus.org/u?82209140