Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-5616 - Local and Remote vulnerability in OpenPBS
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in OpenPBS, as used in SUSE Linux 9.2 through 10.1, allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. Failed exploit attempts may result in denial-of-service conditions.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 | |
OS | 9 |
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1278.NASL description A buffer overflow has been discovered in the man command that could allow an attacker to execute code as the man user by providing specially crafted arguments to the -H flag. This is likely to be an issue only on machines with the man and mandb programs installed setuid. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 25012 published 2007-04-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/25012 title Debian DSA-1278-1 : man-db - buffer overflow 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-1278. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(25012); script_version("1.16"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:20"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4250", "CVE-2006-5616"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1278"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1278-1 : man-db - 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: "A buffer overflow has been discovered in the man command that could allow an attacker to execute code as the man user by providing specially crafted arguments to the -H flag. This is likely to be an issue only on machines with the man and mandb programs installed setuid." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1278" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the man-db package. For the stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-21sarge1. For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.3-5." ); 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:man-db"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/04/06"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/04/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/10/27"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 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:"3.1", prefix:"man-db", reference:"2.4.2-21sarge1")) 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");
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200704-04.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200704-04 (OpenPBS: Multiple vulnerabilities) SUSE reported vulnerabilities due to unspecified errors in OpenPBS. Impact : By unspecified attack vectors an attacker might be able execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running openpbs, which might be the root user. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 24937 published 2007-04-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/24937 title GLSA-200704-04 : OpenPBS: Multiple vulnerabilities code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200704-04. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(24937); script_version("1.13"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:44"); script_cve_id("CVE-2006-5616"); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200704-04"); script_name(english:"GLSA-200704-04 : OpenPBS: Multiple vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200704-04 (OpenPBS: Multiple vulnerabilities) SUSE reported vulnerabilities due to unspecified errors in OpenPBS. Impact : By unspecified attack vectors an attacker might be able execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running openpbs, which might be the root user. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200704-04" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "OpenPBS has been masked in the Portage tree for replacement by Torque. All OpenPBS users should unmerge OpenPBS and switch to Torque. # emerge --ask --unmerge sys-cluster/openpbs # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --verbose sys-cluster/torque" ); 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:gentoo:linux:openpbs"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/04/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/04/05"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/10/27"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"sys-cluster/openpbs", unaffected:make_list(), vulnerable:make_list("le 2.3.16-r4"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "OpenPBS"); }
References
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Oct/0007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22637
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24716
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-04.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20776
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4250
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29944