Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-2359 - Configuration vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
fedora-8
redhat
CWE-16
nessus

Summary

The default configuration of consolehelper in system-config-network before 1.5.10-1 on Fedora 8 lacks the USER=root directive, which allows local users of the workstation console to gain privileges and change the network configuration.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
NASL idFEDORA_2008-4633.NASL
descriptionThis security update fixes system-config-network-1.5.5-1.fc8, where the console file from Fedora 9 was distributed. This bug enabled every console user to change the network configuration. Systems with system-config- network-1.5.5-1.fc8 installed should install this update. 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.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id32469
published2008-05-29
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/32469
titleFedora 8 : system-config-network-1.5.10-1.fc8 (2008-4633)
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2008-4633.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(32469);
  script_version ("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2359");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2008-4633");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 8 : system-config-network-1.5.10-1.fc8 (2008-4633)");
  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:
"This security update fixes system-config-network-1.5.5-1.fc8, where
the console file from Fedora 9 was distributed. This bug enabled every
console user to change the network configuration. Systems with
system-config- network-1.5.5-1.fc8 installed should install this
update.

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=448557"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2008-May/010626.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?27fba922"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected system-config-network package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cwe_id(16);

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/05/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/05/29");
  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:"system-config-network-1.5.10-1.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, "system-config-network");
}