File: debian_DSA-050.nasl

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# This script was automatically generated from the dsa-050
# Debian Security Advisory
# It is released under the Nessus Script Licence.
# Advisory is copyright 1997-2004 Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
# See http://www.debian.org/license
# DSA2nasl Convertor is copyright 2004 Michel Arboi

if (! defined_func('bn_random')) exit(0);

desc = '
Colin Phipps and Daniel Kobras discovered and fixed several serious
bugs in the saft daemon `sendfiled\' which caused it to drop privileges
incorrectly.  Exploiting this a local user can easily make it execute
arbitrary code under root privileges.

We recommend you upgrade your sendfile packages immediately.




Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-050
Risk factor : High';

if (description) {
 script_id(14887);
 script_version("$Revision: 1.6 $");
 script_xref(name: "DSA", value: "050");
 script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0623");

 script_description(english: desc);
 script_copyright(english: "This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi <mikhail@nessus.org>");
 script_name(english: "[DSA050] DSA-050-1 sendfile");
 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 script_family(english: "Debian Local Security Checks");
 script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
 script_require_keys("Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
 script_summary(english: "DSA-050-1 sendfile");
 exit(0);
}

include("debian_package.inc");

w = 0;
if (deb_check(prefix: 'sendfile', release: '2.2', reference: '2.1-20.2')) {
 w ++;
 if (report_verbosity > 0) desc = strcat(desc, '\nThe package sendfile is vulnerable in Debian 2.2.\nUpgrade to sendfile_2.1-20.2\n');
}
if (w) { security_hole(port: 0, data: desc); }