Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-0045 - Buffer Overrun vulnerability in ISC INN 2.4.0

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

# Ref: http://www.isc.org/products/INN/


include("compat.inc");

if(description)
{
 script_id(11984);
 script_version ("1.17");
 script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0045");
 script_bugtraq_id(9382);

 script_name(english:"INN < 2.4.1 Control Message Handling Code Overflow");
 
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running INN 2.4.0.

There is a known security flaw in this version of INN that could allow an 
attacker to execute arbitrary code on this server." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2004/Jan/69" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to version 2.4.1 or later." );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2004/01/08");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2004/01/07");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();

 script_summary(english:"Checks INN version");
 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
 script_family(english:"Gain a shell remotely");
 script_dependencie("find_service1.nasl");
 script_require_ports("Services/nntp", 119);
 exit(0);
}




port = get_kb_item("Services/nntp");
if(!port) port = 119;

if(get_port_state(port))
{
 soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
  if(soc)
  {
    r = recv_line(socket:soc, length:1024);
    if ( r == NULL ) exit(0);
    if(ereg(string:r, pattern:"^20[0-9] .* INN 2\.4\.0 .*$"))
    {
      security_hole(port);
    }
  }
}

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2004-014-02. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Slackware Linux, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(18755);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:20");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0045");
  script_xref(name:"SSA", value:"2004-014-02");

  script_name(english:"Slackware 9.0 / 9.1 / current : INN security update (SSA:2004-014-02)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in /var/log/packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Slackware host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"INN (InterNetNews) is used to run a news (NNTP) server. New INN
packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These
have been upgraded to inn-2.4.1 to fix a potentially exploitable
buffer overflow. All sites running INN should upgrade."
  );
  # http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.365791
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?df332a70"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected inn package.");
  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:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:inn");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/01/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/07/13");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Slackware Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Slackware/release", "Host/Slackware/packages");

  exit(0);
}


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


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Slackware");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/packages")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Slackware", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (slackware_check(osver:"9.0", pkgname:"inn", pkgver:"2.4.1", pkgarch:"i386", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;

if (slackware_check(osver:"9.1", pkgname:"inn", pkgver:"2.4.1", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;

if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"inn", pkgver:"2.4.1", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;


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