Vulnerabilities > CVE-2000-1162 - Unspecified vulnerability in Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript

047910
CVSS 3.7 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
high complexity
aladdin-enterprises
nessus

Summary

ghostscript before 5.10-16 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack.

Nessus

NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
NASL idMANDRAKE_MDKSA-2000-074.NASL
descriptionThe ghostscript package uses mktemp instead of mkstemp to create temporary files. It also uses improper LD_RUN_PATH values, which causes it to search for libraries in the current directory.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id61860
published2012-09-06
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61860
titleMandrake Linux Security Advisory : ghostscript (MDKSA-2000:074)
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-2000:074. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(61860);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:46");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2000-1162", "CVE-2000-1163");
  script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2000:074");

  script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ghostscript (MDKSA-2000:074)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The ghostscript package uses mktemp instead of mkstemp to create
temporary files. It also uses improper LD_RUN_PATH values, which
causes it to search for libraries in the current directory."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-Both");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-PrintOnly");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-SVGALIB");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-X");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-module-SVGALIB");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-module-X");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ghostscript-utils");
  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:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.2");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2000/11/22");
  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:"ghostscript-5.10-10.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"ghostscript-5.10-10.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"ghostscript-5.10-17.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"ghostscript-Both-5.10-17.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"ghostscript-PrintOnly-5.10-17.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"ghostscript-SVGALIB-5.10-17.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"ghostscript-X-5.10-17.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"ghostscript-5.50-9.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"ghostscript-Both-5.50-9.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"ghostscript-PrintOnly-5.50-9.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"ghostscript-SVGALIB-5.50-9.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"ghostscript-X-5.50-9.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"ghostscript-5.50-35.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"ghostscript-module-SVGALIB-5.50-35.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"ghostscript-module-X-5.50-35.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"ghostscript-utils-5.50-35.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;


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

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2000:114