Vulnerabilities > CVE-2000-0229

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
suse
debian
alessandro-rubini
redhat
nessus
exploit available

Summary

gpm-root in the gpm package does not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by starting a utility from gpm-root.

Exploit-Db

descriptiongpm 1.18.1/1.19,Debian 2.x,RedHat 6.x,S.u.S.E 5.3/6.x gpm Setgid Vulnerability. CVE-2000-0229. Local exploit for linux platform
idEDB-ID:19816
last seen2016-02-02
modified2000-03-22
published2000-03-22
reporterEgmont Koblinger
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/19816/
titlegpm 1.18.1/1.19,Debian 2.x,RedHat 6.x,S.u.S.E 5.3/6.x gpm Setgid Vulnerability

Nessus

NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
NASL idMANDRAKE_MDKSA-2000-002.NASL
descriptionA security bug was found in gpm-root; the bug can be exploited to provide local users with root access.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id61800
published2012-09-06
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61800
titleMandrake Linux Security Advisory : gpm (MDKSA-2000:002)
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2000:002. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(61800);
  script_version("1.9");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:45");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2000-0229");
  script_bugtraq_id(1069);
  script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2000:002");

  script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gpm (MDKSA-2000:002)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A security bug was found in gpm-root; the bug can be exploited to
provide local users with root access."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected gpm package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:gpm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2000/04/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/09/06");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


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


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"gpm-1.19.1-3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"gpm-1.19.1-3mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"gpm-1.19.1-2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;


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

Redhat

advisories
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2000:009
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2000:045