Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-2873 - Local Symlink Attack And Denial of Service vulnerability in SpamAssassin

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:0492 and 
# CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:0492 respectively.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(25527);
  script_version("1.16");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:03");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-2873");
  script_bugtraq_id(22584);
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2007:0492");

  script_name(english:"CentOS 4 / 5 : spamassassin (CESA-2007:0492)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote CentOS host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Updated spamassassin packages that fix a security issue are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the
Red Hat Security Response Team.

SpamAssassin provides a way to reduce unsolicited commercial email
(spam) from incoming email.

Martin Krafft discovered a symlink issue in SpamAssassin that affects
certain non-default configurations. A local user could use this flaw
to create or overwrite files writable by the spamd process
(CVE-2007-2873).

Users of SpamAssassin should upgrade to these updated packages which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Note: This issue did not affect the version of SpamAssassin shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3."
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-June/013929.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?be965e0c"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-June/013930.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9986c296"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-June/013946.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?bc8c3742"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-June/013963.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ad999cec"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-June/013964.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9acddcef"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected spamassassin package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:spamassassin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:5");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/06/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/06/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/06/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/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);
release = get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 4.x / 5.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", reference:"spamassassin-3.1.9-1.el4")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"spamassassin-3.1.9-1.el5")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "spamassassin");
}

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:0492 and 
# Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2007-0492 respectively.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(67521);
  script_version("1.9");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:07");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-2873");
  script_bugtraq_id(22584);
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2007:0492");

  script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : spamassassin (ELSA-2007-0492)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"From Red Hat Security Advisory 2007:0492 :

Updated spamassassin packages that fix a security issue are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the
Red Hat Security Response Team.

SpamAssassin provides a way to reduce unsolicited commercial email
(spam) from incoming email.

Martin Krafft discovered a symlink issue in SpamAssassin that affects
certain non-default configurations. A local user could use this flaw
to create or overwrite files writable by the spamd process
(CVE-2007-2873).

Users of SpamAssassin should upgrade to these updated packages which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Note: This issue did not affect the version of SpamAssassin shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2007-June/000174.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2007-June/000221.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected spamassassin package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:spamassassin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/06/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/06/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/07/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/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/OracleLinux")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux");
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux) .*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Oracle Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux 4 / 5", "Oracle Linux " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Oracle Linux", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL4", cpu:"i386", reference:"spamassassin-3.1.9-1.el4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"spamassassin-3.1.9-1.el4")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"EL5", reference:"spamassassin-3.1.9-1.el5")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_note(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "spamassassin");
}

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
#
# Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
# HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
# are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
# 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
#    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
#    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
# 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
#    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
#    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
#    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
#    distribution.
# 
# THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
# BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
# OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
# OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
# BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
# OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(25533);
  script_version("1.12");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:39");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-2873");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : p5-Mail-SpamAssassin -- local user symlink-attack DoS vulnerability (8092b820-1d6f-11dc-a0b2-001921ab2fa4)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"SpamAssassin website reports :

A local user symlink-attack DoS vulnerability in SpamAssassin has been
found, affecting versions 3.1.x, 3.2.0, and SVN trunk."
  );
  # http://spamassassin.apache.org/advisories/cve-2007-2873.txt
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://spamassassin.apache.org/404.html"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/8092b820-1d6f-11dc-a0b2-001921ab2fa4.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?af8f49b3"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:p5-Mail-SpamAssassin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/06/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/06/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/06/18");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"p5-Mail-SpamAssassin<3.2.1")) flag++;

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

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:0492. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(25521);
  script_version ("1.24");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-2873");
  script_bugtraq_id(22584);
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2007:0492");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 4 / 5 : spamassassin (RHSA-2007:0492)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Updated spamassassin packages that fix a security issue are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the
Red Hat Security Response Team.

SpamAssassin provides a way to reduce unsolicited commercial email
(spam) from incoming email.

Martin Krafft discovered a symlink issue in SpamAssassin that affects
certain non-default configurations. A local user could use this flaw
to create or overwrite files writable by the spamd process
(CVE-2007-2873).

Users of SpamAssassin should upgrade to these updated packages which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Note: This issue did not affect the version of SpamAssassin shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-2873"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0492"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected spamassassin package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spamassassin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/06/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/06/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/06/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

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

  exit(0);
}


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

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 4.x / 5.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);

yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
{
  rhsa = "RHSA-2007:0492";
  yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
  if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
      extra      : yum_report 
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
    audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
  }
}
else
{
  flag = 0;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL4", reference:"spamassassin-3.1.9-1.el4")) flag++;


  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"spamassassin-3.1.9-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"spamassassin-3.1.9-1.el5")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"spamassassin-3.1.9-1.el5")) flag++;


  if (flag)
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    tested = pkg_tests_get();
    if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
    else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "spamassassin");
  }
}

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2007-584.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(25509);
  script_version ("1.16");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:26");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-2447");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2007-584");

  script_name(english:"Fedora Core 5 : spamassassin-3.1.9-1.fc5.1 (2007-584)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Local symlink vulnerability. Fedora is not vulnerable in any default
or common configurations. Read upstream's announcement for details.

http://spamassassin.apache.org/advisories/CVE-2007-2873.txt

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  # http://spamassassin.apache.org/advisories/CVE-2007-2873.txt
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://spamassassin.apache.org/404.html"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-June/002000.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?069c9bec"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Update the affected spamassassin and / or spamassassin-debuginfo
packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'SpamAssassin spamd Remote Command Execution');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:spamassassin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:spamassassin-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:5");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/06/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/06/14");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/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);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 5.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC5", reference:"spamassassin-3.1.9-1.fc5.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC5", reference:"spamassassin-debuginfo-3.1.9-1.fc5.1")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "spamassassin / spamassassin-debuginfo");
}

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2007-582.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(25508);
  script_version ("1.14");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:26");

  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2007-582");

  script_name(english:"Fedora Core 6 : spamassassin-3.1.9-1.fc6 (2007-582)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Local symlink vulnerability. Fedora is not vulnerable in any default
or common configurations. Read upstream's announcement for details.

http://spamassassin.apache.org/advisories/CVE-2007-2873.txt

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  # http://spamassassin.apache.org/advisories/CVE-2007-2873.txt
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://spamassassin.apache.org/404.html"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-June/001998.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f53834f3"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Update the affected spamassassin and / or spamassassin-debuginfo
packages."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:spamassassin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:spamassassin-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/06/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/06/14");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/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);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^6([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 6.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC6", reference:"spamassassin-3.1.9-1.fc6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC6", reference:"spamassassin-debuginfo-3.1.9-1.fc6")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "spamassassin / spamassassin-debuginfo");
}

#%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-2007:125. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(25537);
  script_version ("1.15");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:49");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-2873");
  script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2007:125");

  script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : spamassassin (MDKSA-2007:125)");
  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:
"SpamAssassin 3.1.x, when running as root with unusual configuration
options using vpopmail or virtual users, could allow local users to
cause a denial of service (via corrupting arbitrary files) using a
symlink attack on a file used by spamd.

SpamAssassin 3.1.9, which corrects this flaw, is provided with this
update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://spamassassin.apache.org/advisories/CVE-2007-2873.txt"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-Mail-SpamAssassin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:spamassassin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:spamassassin-spamc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:spamassassin-spamd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:spamassassin-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/06/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/06/18");
  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:"perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.9-0.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"spamassassin-3.1.9-0.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"spamassassin-spamc-3.1.9-0.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"spamassassin-spamd-3.1.9-0.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"spamassassin-tools-3.1.9-0.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.1.9-0.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"spamassassin-3.1.9-0.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"spamassassin-spamc-3.1.9-0.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"spamassassin-spamd-3.1.9-0.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"spamassassin-tools-3.1.9-0.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;


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

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2007-0390.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(27663);
  script_version ("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:25");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-2873");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2007-0390");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 7 : spamassassin-3.2.1-1.fc7 (2007-0390)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Local symlink vulnerability. Fedora is not vulnerable in any default
or common configurations. Read upstream's announcement for details.

http://spamassassin.apache.org/advisories/CVE-2007-2873.txt

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  # http://spamassassin.apache.org/advisories/CVE-2007-2873.txt
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://spamassassin.apache.org/404.html"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-June/001995.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?be1af96a"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Update the affected spamassassin and / or spamassassin-debuginfo
packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:spamassassin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:spamassassin-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/06/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/11/06");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/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);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 7.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"spamassassin-3.2.1-1.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"spamassassin-debuginfo-3.2.1-1.fc7")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_note(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "spamassassin / spamassassin-debuginfo");
}

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(60207);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-2873");

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : spamassassin on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64 (fwd)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Martin Krafft discovered a symlink issue in SpamAssassin that affects
certain non-default configurations. A local user could use this flaw
to create or overwrite files writable by the spamd process
(CVE-2007-2873)."
  );
  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0706&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=1485
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5c2e1e75"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected spamassassin package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/06/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/08/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/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);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL4", reference:"spamassassin-3.1.9-1.el4")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"spamassassin-3.1.9-1.el5")) flag++;


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