Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-5298 - Unspecified vulnerability in Karakas-Online Chm2Pdf 0.9

047910
CVSS 2.1 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
karakas-online
nessus

Summary

chm2pdf 0.9 uses temporary files in directories with fixed names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (chm2pdf failure) of other users by creating those directories ahead of time.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Karakas-Online
1

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2011-0467.NASL
    descriptionThis update fixes security bugs #474455 and #474457. The security issue is about unsafe use of fixed temporary directories by chm2pdf. This update will break --dontextract option. The option will not be shown in the list of available options. 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 id51788
    published2011-01-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/51788
    titleFedora 13 : chm2pdf-0.9.1-8.fc13 (2011-0467)
    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 2011-0467.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(51788);
      script_version("1.11");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:33");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5298", "CVE-2008-5299");
      script_bugtraq_id(31735);
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2011-0467");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 13 : chm2pdf-0.9.1-8.fc13 (2011-0467)");
      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 update fixes security bugs #474455 and #474457. The security
    issue is about unsafe use of fixed temporary directories by chm2pdf.
    
    This update will break --dontextract option. The option will not be
    shown in the list of available options.
    
    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=474455"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474457"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053501.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9c94aae7"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected chm2pdf package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      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_cwe_id(59);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:chm2pdf");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:13");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/01/17");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/01/28");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 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:"^13([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 13.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:"FC13", reference:"chm2pdf-0.9.1-8.fc13")) 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, "chm2pdf");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2011-0454.NASL
    descriptionThis update fixes security bugs #474455 and #474457. The security issue is about unsafe use of fixed temporary directories by chm2pdf. This update will break --dontextract option. The option will not be shown in the list of available options. 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 id51787
    published2011-01-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/51787
    titleFedora 14 : chm2pdf-0.9.1-9.fc14 (2011-0454)
    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 2011-0454.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(51787);
      script_version("1.11");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:33");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5298", "CVE-2008-5299");
      script_bugtraq_id(31735);
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2011-0454");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 14 : chm2pdf-0.9.1-9.fc14 (2011-0454)");
      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 update fixes security bugs #474455 and #474457. The security
    issue is about unsafe use of fixed temporary directories by chm2pdf.
    
    This update will break --dontextract option. The option will not be
    shown in the list of available options.
    
    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=474455"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474457"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053510.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?fa3710fc"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected chm2pdf package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      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_cwe_id(59);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:chm2pdf");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:14");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/01/17");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/01/28");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 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:"^14([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 14.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:"FC14", reference:"chm2pdf-0.9.1-9.fc14")) 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, "chm2pdf");
    }