Chkrootkit 0.49 - Local Privilege Escalation

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2014-0476  

# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test # $Id: deb_2945.nasl 14302 2019-03-19 08:28:48Z cfischer $ # Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2945-1 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 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. # if(description) { script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702945"); script_version("$Revision: 14302 $"); script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0476"); script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 2945-1 (chkrootkit - security update)"); script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2019-03-19 09:28:48 +0100 (Tue, 19 Mar 2019) $"); script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-06-03 00:00:00 +0200 (Tue, 03 Jun 2014)"); script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.7"); script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2945.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", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB7"); script_tag(name:"affected", value:"chkrootkit on Debian Linux"); script_tag(name:"solution", value:"For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.49-4.1+deb7u2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.49-5. We recommend that you upgrade your chkrootkit packages."); script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Thomas Stangner discovered a vulnerability in chkrootkit, a rootkit detector, which may allow local attackers to gain root access when /tmp is mounted without the noexec option."); 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:"chkrootkit", ver:"0.49-4.1+deb7u2", rls:"DEB7")) != NULL) { report += res; } if(report != "") { security_message(data:report); } else if(__pkg_match) { exit(99); }