Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-0057

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

Vacation program allows command execution by remote users through a sendmail command.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Eric_Allman
1
OS
Hp
5
OS
Ibm
1
OS
Sun
2
OS
Freebsd
1

Nessus

NASL familyHP-UX Local Security Checks
NASL idHPUX_PHNE_16295.NASL
descriptions700_800 11.00 vacation patch. : The vacation program erroneously passes parameters to sendmail.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id16657
published2005-02-16
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/16657
titleHP-UX PHNE_16295 : s700_800 11.00 vacation patch.
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and patch checks in this plugin were 
# extracted from HP patch PHNE_16295. The text itself is
# copyright (C) Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(16657);
  script_version("$Revision: 1.11 $");
  script_cvs_date("$Date: 2013/04/20 00:32:52 $");

  script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0057");
  script_xref(name:"HP", value:"HPSBUX9811-087");

  script_name(english:"HP-UX PHNE_16295 : s700_800 11.00 vacation patch.");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for the patch in the swlist output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote HP-UX host is missing a security-related patch."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"s700_800 11.00 vacation patch. : 

The vacation program erroneously passes parameters to sendmail."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Install patch PHNE_16295 or subsequent."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:hp:hp-ux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"1998/10/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/02/16");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"HP-UX Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/HP-UX/version", "Host/HP-UX/swlist");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("hpux.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/HP-UX/version")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "HP-UX");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/HP-UX/swlist")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

if (!hpux_check_ctx(ctx:"11.00"))
{
  exit(0, "The host is not affected since PHNE_16295 applies to a different OS release.");
}

patches = make_list("PHNE_16295");
foreach patch (patches)
{
  if (hpux_installed(app:patch))
  {
    exit(0, "The host is not affected because patch "+patch+" is installed.");
  }
}


flag = 0;
if (hpux_check_patch(app:"MailUtilities.MAILERS", version:"B.11.00")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:hpux_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");