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HistoryNov 10, 2007 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : kdebase vulnerability (USN-517-1)

2007-11-1000:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2007-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
www.tenable.com
12

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

74.3%

It was discovered that KDM would allow logins without password checks under certain circumstances. If autologin was configured, and ‘shutdown with password’ enabled, a local user could exploit the problem and gain root privileges.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-517-1. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(28122);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-4569");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"517-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : kdebase vulnerability (USN-517-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"It was discovered that KDM would allow logins without password checks
under certain circumstances. If autologin was configured, and
'shutdown with password' enabled, a local user could exploit the
problem and gain root privileges.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/517-1/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cwe_id(264);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kappfinder");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kate");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kcontrol");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdebase");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdebase-bin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdebase-data");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdebase-dbg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdebase-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdebase-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdebase-doc-html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdebase-kio-plugins");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdepasswd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdeprint");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdesktop");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kfind");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:khelpcenter");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kicker");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:klipper");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kmenuedit");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:konqueror");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:konqueror-nsplugins");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:konsole");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kpager");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kpersonalizer");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ksmserver");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ksplash");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ksysguard");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ksysguardd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ktip");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kwin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkonq4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkonq4-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/09/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/11/10");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2007-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! ereg(pattern:"^(6\.06|6\.10|7\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 6.06 / 6.10 / 7.04", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) 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, "Ubuntu", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kappfinder", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kate", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kcontrol", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kdebase", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kdebase-bin", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kdebase-data", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kdebase-dev", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kdebase-doc", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kdebase-doc-html", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kdebase-kio-plugins", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kdepasswd", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kdeprint", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kdesktop", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kdm", pkgver:"4:3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kfind", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"khelpcenter", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kicker", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"klipper", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kmenuedit", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"konqueror", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"konqueror-nsplugins", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"konsole", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kpager", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kpersonalizer", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"ksmserver", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"ksplash", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"ksysguard", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"ksysguardd", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"ktip", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"kwin", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"libkonq4", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"libkonq4-dev", pkgver:"3.5.2-0ubuntu27.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kappfinder", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kate", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kcontrol", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kdebase", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kdebase-bin", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kdebase-data", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kdebase-dbg", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kdebase-dev", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kdebase-doc", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kdebase-doc-html", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kdebase-kio-plugins", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kdepasswd", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kdeprint", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kdesktop", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kdm", pkgver:"4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kfind", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"khelpcenter", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kicker", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"klipper", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kmenuedit", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"konqueror", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"konqueror-nsplugins", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"konsole", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kpager", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kpersonalizer", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"ksmserver", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"ksplash", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"ksysguard", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"ksysguardd", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"ktip", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"kwin", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"libkonq4", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"libkonq4-dev", pkgver:"3.5.5-0ubuntu3.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kappfinder", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kate", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kcontrol", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kdebase", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kdebase-bin", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kdebase-data", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kdebase-dbg", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kdebase-dev", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kdebase-doc", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kdebase-doc-html", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kdebase-kio-plugins", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kdepasswd", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kdeprint", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kdesktop", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kdm", pkgver:"4:3.5.6-0ubuntu20.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kfind", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"khelpcenter", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kicker", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"klipper", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kmenuedit", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"konqueror", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"konqueror-nsplugins", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"konsole", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kpager", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kpersonalizer", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"ksmserver", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"ksplash", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"ksysguard", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"ksysguardd", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"ktip", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"kwin", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"libkonq4", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"libkonq4-dev", pkgver:"3.5.6-0ubuntu20.3")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "kappfinder / kate / kcontrol / kdebase / kdebase-bin / kdebase-data / etc");
}

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

74.3%