CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
85.9%
CVE-2007-4476 tar/cpio stack crashing in safer_name_suffix
CVE-2010-0624 tar, cpio: Heap-based buffer overflow by expanding a specially crafted archive
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way tar expanded archive files. If a user were tricked into expanding a specially crafted archive, it could cause the tar executable to crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running tar.
(CVE-2010-0624)
A denial of service flaw was found in the way tar expanded archive files. If a user expanded a specially crafted archive, it could cause the tar executable to crash. (CVE-2007-4476) - SL4 and SL5 Only
#%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(60747);
script_version("1.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-4476", "CVE-2010-0624");
script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : tar on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"CVE-2007-4476 tar/cpio stack crashing in safer_name_suffix
CVE-2010-0624 tar, cpio: Heap-based buffer overflow by expanding a
specially crafted archive
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way tar expanded
archive files. If a user were tricked into expanding a specially
crafted archive, it could cause the tar executable to crash or execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running tar.
(CVE-2010-0624)
A denial of service flaw was found in the way tar expanded archive
files. If a user expanded a specially crafted archive, it could cause
the tar executable to crash. (CVE-2007-4476) - SL4 and SL5 Only"
);
# https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1003&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=1283
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?40010f9a"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected tar package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_cwe_id(119);
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:"2010/03/15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/08/01");
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:"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:"tar-1.13.25-16.RHEL3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL4", reference:"tar-1.14-13.el4_8.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");