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HistoryJul 28, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

SuSE 10 Security Update : xscreensaver (ZYPP Patch Number 5334)

2008-07-2800:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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8

4.7 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

76.2%

Following security problem is fixed by this patch :

  • When getpwuid() fails (due to dropped network on NIS accounts) fail instead of silently disabling locking (and just blanking). (CVE-2008-1683)
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) Novell, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(33743);
  script_version("1.18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0887");

  script_name(english:"SuSE 10 Security Update : xscreensaver (ZYPP Patch Number 5334)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Following security problem is fixed by this patch :

  - When getpwuid() fails (due to dropped network on NIS
    accounts) fail instead of silently disabling locking
    (and just blanking). (CVE-2008-1683)"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1683.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply ZYPP patch number 5334.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/06/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/07/28");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) exit(0, "Local checks are not enabled.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release")) exit(0, "The host is not running SuSE.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) exit(1, "Could not obtain the list of installed packages.");

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) exit(1, "Failed to determine the architecture type.");
if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") exit(1, "Local checks for SuSE 10 on the '"+cpu+"' architecture have not been implemented.");


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:1, reference:"xscreensaver-4.23-20.8.5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:2, reference:"xscreensaver-4.23-20.12")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:1, reference:"xscreensaver-4.23-20.8.5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"xscreensaver-4.23-20.12")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else exit(0, "The host is not affected.");
VendorProductVersionCPE
susesuse_linuxcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

4.7 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

76.2%