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HistoryApr 28, 2014 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2917-1 (super - security update)

2014-04-2800:00:00
Copyright (c) 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
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John Lightsey of the Debian Security Audit project discovered that the
super package did not check for setuid failures, allowing local users
to increase the privileges on kernel versions which do not guard
against RLIMIT_NPROC attacks.

# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_2917.nasl 6715 2017-07-13 09:57:40Z teissa $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2917-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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#

tag_affected  = "super on Debian Linux";
tag_insight   = "Super allows specified users to execute scripts (or other commands)
as if they were root; or it can set the uid and/or gid on a
per-command basis before executing the command. It is intended to be
a secure alternative to making scripts setuid root.";
tag_solution  = "For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.30.0-3+squeeze2.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.30.0-6+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your super packages.";
tag_summary   = "John Lightsey of the Debian Security Audit project discovered that the
super package did not check for setuid failures, allowing local users
to increase the privileges on kernel versions which do not guard
against RLIMIT_NPROC attacks.";
tag_vuldetect = "This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.";

if(description)
{
    script_id(702917);
    script_version("$Revision: 6715 $");
    script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0470");
    script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 2917-1 (super - security update)");
    script_tag(name: "last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-13 11:57:40 +0200 (Thu, 13 Jul 2017) $");
    script_tag(name: "creation_date", value:"2014-04-28 00:00:00 +0200 (Mon, 28 Apr 2014)");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

    script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2917.html");


    script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

    script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
    script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
    script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
    script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
    script_tag(name: "affected",  value: tag_affected);
    script_tag(name: "insight",   value: tag_insight);
#    script_tag(name: "impact",    value: tag_impact);
    script_tag(name: "solution",  value: tag_solution);
    script_tag(name: "summary",   value: tag_summary);
    script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: tag_vuldetect);
    script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
    script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

    exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"super", ver:"3.30.0-3+squeeze2", rls:"DEB6.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"super", ver:"3.30.0-6+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"super", ver:"3.30.0-6+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"super", ver:"3.30.0-6+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.2")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"super", ver:"3.30.0-6+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7.3")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}