Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-0045 - Command Execution vulnerability in Linley Henzell Dungeon Crawl 4.0.0B23

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
linley-henzell
nessus

Summary

crawl before 4.0.0 does not securely call programs when saving and loading games, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Linley_Henzell
1

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-949.NASL
descriptionSteve Kemp from the Debian Security Audit project discovered a security related problem in crawl, another console based dungeon exploration game in the vein of nethack and rogue. The program executes commands insecurely when saving or loading games which can allow local attackers to gain group games privileges.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id22815
published2006-10-14
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22815
titleDebian DSA-949-1 : crawl - insecure program execution
code
#%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-949. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(22815);
  script_version("1.16");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:20");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-0045");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"949");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-949-1 : crawl - insecure program execution");
  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:
"Steve Kemp from the Debian Security Audit project discovered a
security related problem in crawl, another console based dungeon
exploration game in the vein of nethack and rogue. The program
executes commands insecurely when saving or loading games which can
allow local attackers to gain group games privileges."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-949"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the crawl package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.0beta23-2woody2.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.0beta26-4sarge0."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/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:crawl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/01/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/10/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/01/20");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 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:"crawl", reference:"4.0.0beta23-2woody2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"crawl", reference:"4.0.0beta26-4sarge0")) 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");