During a review for EDF, Raphael Geissert discovered that the
acpi-support package did not properly handle data obtained from a
user
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_3020.nasl 6735 2017-07-17 09:56:49Z teissa $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3020-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
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if(description)
{
script_id(703020);
script_version("$Revision: 6735 $");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0484");
script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 3020-1 (acpi-support - security update)");
script_tag(name: "last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-17 11:56:49 +0200 (Mon, 17 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name: "creation_date", value:"2014-09-10 00:00:00 +0200 (Wed, 10 Sep 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-3020.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: "acpi-support on Debian Linux");
script_tag(name: "insight", value: "This package contains scripts to react to various ACPI events. It only
includes scripts for events that can be supported with some level of
safety cross platform.");
script_tag(name: "solution", value: "For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.140-5+deb7u3.
For the testing distribution (jessie), and the unstable distribution (sid)
this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your acpi-support packages.");
script_tag(name: "summary", value: "During a review for EDF, Raphael Geissert discovered that the
acpi-support package did not properly handle data obtained from a
user's environment. This could lead to program malfunction or allow a
local user to escalate privileges to the root user due to a programming
error.");
script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: "This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.");
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:"acpi-fakekey", ver:"0.140-5+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"acpi-support", ver:"0.140-5+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"acpi-support-base", ver:"0.140-5+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"acpi-fakekey", ver:"0.140-5+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"acpi-support", ver:"0.140-5+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"acpi-support-base", ver:"0.140-5+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"acpi-fakekey", ver:"0.140-5+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7.2")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"acpi-support", ver:"0.140-5+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7.2")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"acpi-support-base", ver:"0.140-5+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7.2")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"acpi-fakekey", ver:"0.140-5+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7.3")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"acpi-support", ver:"0.140-5+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7.3")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"acpi-support-base", ver:"0.140-5+deb7u3", rls:"DEB7.3")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}