Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-1215 - Remote Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Linux-Ha Heartbeat 0.4.9

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-174. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(15011);
  script_version("1.19");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2002-1215");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"174");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-174-1 : heartbeat - buffer overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Nathan Wallwork discovered a buffer overflow in heartbeat, a subsystem
for High-Availability Linux. A remote attacker could send a specially
crafted UDP packet that overflows a buffer, leaving heartbeat to
execute arbitrary code as root."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://linux-ha.org/security/sec01.txt"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-174"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the heartbeat package immediately if you run internet
connected servers that are heartbeat-monitored.

This problem has been fixed in version 0.4.9.0l-7.2 for the current
stable distribution (woody) and version 0.4.9.2-1 for the unstable
distribution (sid). The old stable distribution (potato) doesn't
contain a heartbeat package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:heartbeat");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2002/10/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/09/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2002/10/14");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"heartbeat", reference:"0.4.9.0l-7.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"ldirectord", reference:"0.4.9.0l-7.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"libstonith-dev", reference:"0.4.9.0l-7.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"libstonith0", reference:"0.4.9.0l-7.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"stonith", reference:"0.4.9.0l-7.2")) flag++;

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