Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-6105 - Local Format String vulnerability in GNOME Display Manager GDMChooser

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:231. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(24614);
  script_version ("1.15");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:48");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-6105");
  script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2006:231");

  script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gdm (MDKSA-2006:231)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Local exploitation of a format string vulnerability in GNOME
Foundation's GNOME Display Manager host chooser window (gdmchooser)
could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on
the affected system.

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected gdm and / or gdm-Xnest packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:gdm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:gdm-Xnest");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/12/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/02/18");
  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:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


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


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"gdm-2.16.0-2.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"gdm-Xnest-2.16.0-2.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;


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