Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-0668 - Numeric Errors vulnerability in Gnome Gnumeric

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-604-1. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(32054);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:33:02");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0668");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"604-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 / 7.10 : gnumeric vulnerability (USN-604-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Thilo Pfennig and Morten Welinder discovered that the XLS spreadsheet
handling code in Gnumeric did not correctly calculate needed memory
sizes. If a user or automated system were tricked into loading a
specially crafted XLS document, a remote attacker could execute
arbitrary code with user privileges.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/604-1/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cwe_id(189);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnumeric");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnumeric-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnumeric-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnumeric-gtk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnumeric-plugins-extra");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/04/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/04/25");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2008-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! ereg(pattern:"^(6\.06|6\.10|7\.04|7\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 6.06 / 6.10 / 7.04 / 7.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) 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, "Ubuntu", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"gnumeric", pkgver:"1.6.3-0ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"gnumeric-common", pkgver:"1.6.3-0ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"gnumeric-doc", pkgver:"1.6.3-0ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"gnumeric-gtk", pkgver:"1.6.3-0ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"gnumeric-plugins-extra", pkgver:"1.6.3-0ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"gnumeric", pkgver:"1.7.0-1ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"gnumeric-common", pkgver:"1.7.0-1ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"gnumeric-doc", pkgver:"1.7.0-1ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"gnumeric-gtk", pkgver:"1.7.0-1ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"gnumeric-plugins-extra", pkgver:"1.7.0-1ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"gnumeric", pkgver:"1.7.8-0ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"gnumeric-common", pkgver:"1.7.8-0ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"gnumeric-doc", pkgver:"1.7.8-0ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"gnumeric-gtk", pkgver:"1.7.8-0ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"gnumeric-plugins-extra", pkgver:"1.7.8-0ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"gnumeric", pkgver:"1.7.11-1ubuntu3.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"gnumeric-common", pkgver:"1.7.11-1ubuntu3.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"gnumeric-doc", pkgver:"1.7.11-1ubuntu3.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"gnumeric-gtk", pkgver:"1.7.11-1ubuntu3.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"gnumeric-plugins-extra", pkgver:"1.7.11-1ubuntu3.1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "gnumeric / gnumeric-common / gnumeric-doc / gnumeric-gtk / etc");
}

#%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 200802-05.
#
# 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(31083);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:44");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0668");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200802-05");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200802-05 : Gnumeric: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code");
  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-200802-05
(Gnumeric: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code)

    Multiple integer overflow and signedness errors have been reported in
    the excel_read_HLINK() function in file plugins/excel/ms-excel-read.c
    when processing XLS HLINK opcodes.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted XLS
    file, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with
    the privileges of the user running the application.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200802-05"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Gnumeric users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/gnumeric-1.8.1'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cwe_id(189);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gnumeric");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/02/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/02/14");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 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:"app-office/gnumeric", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.8.1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.8.1"))) 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, "Gnumeric");
}

#%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-1546. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(31952);
  script_version("1.15");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0668");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1546");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1546-1 : gnumeric - integer 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:
"Thilo Pfennig and Morten Welinder discovered several integer overflow
weaknesses in Gnumeric, a GNOME spreadsheet application. These
vulnerabilities could result in the execution of arbitrary code
through the opening of a maliciously crafted Excel spreadsheet."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1546"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the gnumeric packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.6.3-5+etch1."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cwe_id(189);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gnumeric");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/04/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/04/17");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  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:"4.0", prefix:"gnumeric", reference:"1.6.3-5.1+etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gnumeric-common", reference:"1.6.3-5.1+etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gnumeric-doc", reference:"1.6.3-5.1+etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gnumeric-plugins-extra", reference:"1.6.3-5.1+etch1")) 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_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2008-1313.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(30237);
  script_version ("1.11");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0668");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2008-1313");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 7 : gnumeric-1.6.3-14.fc7 (2008-1313)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Fix integer overflow and signedness errors in XLS processing

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."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431226"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2008-February/007495.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?7903d389"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected gnumeric package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cwe_id(189);

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/02/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/02/11");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  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:"gnumeric-1.6.3-14.fc7")) 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, "gnumeric");
}

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2008-1403.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(30240);
  script_version ("1.11");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0668");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2008-1403");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 8 : gnumeric-1.6.3-14.fc8 (2008-1403)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Fix integer overflow and signedness errors in XLS processing

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."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431226"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2008-February/007608.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1fc89818"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected gnumeric package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cwe_id(189);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gnumeric");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/02/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/02/11");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  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:"^8([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 8.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:"FC8", reference:"gnumeric-1.6.3-14.fc8")) 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, "gnumeric");
}