Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-5616 - Local and Remote vulnerability in OpenPBS

047910
CVSS 10.0 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
openpbs
suse
critical
nessus

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
Application
Openpbs
1
OS
Suse
9

Nessus

  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1278.NASL
    descriptionA 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id25012
    published2007-04-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/25012
    titleDebian 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 familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200704-04.NASL
    descriptionThe 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id24937
    published2007-04-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/24937
    titleGLSA-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");
    }