Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-1689 - Local Unauthorized Access vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux 11.11

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and patch checks in this plugin were 
# extracted from HP patch PHCO_34545. The text itself is
# copyright (C) Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(21549);
  script_version("1.12");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/08/10 18:07:07");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-1689");
  script_xref(name:"HP", value:"emr_na-c00637553");
  script_xref(name:"HP", value:"HPSBUX02111");
  script_xref(name:"HP", value:"SSRT061132");

  script_name(english:"HP-UX PHCO_34545 : HP-UX su(1) Local Unauthorized Access (HPSBUX02111 SSRT061132 rev.2)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for the patch in the swlist output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote HP-UX host is missing a security-related patch."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"s700_800 11.11 su(1) cumulative patch : 

A potential security vulnerability has been identified with su(1) when
used with the LDAP netgroup feature. The potential vulnerability could
be exploited by a local authorized user to gain unauthorized access."
  );
  # http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00637553
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?bb627f37"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Install patch PHCO_34545 or subsequent."
  );
  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:"cpe:/o:hp:hp-ux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/04/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_modification_date", value:"2006/04/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/05/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/04/07");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"HP-UX Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/HP-UX/version", "Host/HP-UX/swlist");

  exit(0);
}


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


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/HP-UX/version")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "HP-UX");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/HP-UX/swlist")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

if (!hpux_check_ctx(ctx:"11.11"))
{
  exit(0, "The host is not affected since PHCO_34545 applies to a different OS release.");
}

patches = make_list("PHCO_34545");
foreach patch (patches)
{
  if (hpux_installed(app:patch))
  {
    exit(0, "The host is not affected because patch "+patch+" is installed.");
  }
}


flag = 0;
if (hpux_check_patch(app:"OS-Core.CORE-ENG-A-MAN", version:"B.11.11")) flag++;
if (hpux_check_patch(app:"OS-Core.UX-CORE", version:"B.11.11")) flag++;


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

• name	Robert L. Hollis
  organization	ThreatGuard, Inc.

• name	Todd Dolinsky
  organization	Opsware, Inc.

• name	Todd Dolinsky
  organization	Opsware, Inc.

• name	Michael Wood
  organization	Hewlett-Packard

• name	Sushant Kumar Singh
  organization	Hewlett-Packard