Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-1295 - Configuration vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 1.9 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
local
apport
ubuntu
CWE-16
nessus

Summary

Apport before 0.108.4 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, before 0.119.2 on Ubuntu 8.10, and before 1.0-0ubuntu5.2 on Ubuntu 9.04 does not properly remove files from the application's crash-report directory, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Apport
1
OS
Ubuntu
3

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-768-1.NASL
    descriptionStephane Chazelas discovered that Apport did not safely remove files from its crash report directory. If Apport had been enabled at some point, a local attacker could remove arbitrary files from the system. 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.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id38647
    published2009-04-30
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2009-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/38647
    titleUbuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : Apport vulnerability (USN-768-1)
    code
    #%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-768-1. 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(38647);
      script_version("1.13");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:33:02");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1295");
      script_xref(name:"USN", value:"768-1");
    
      script_name(english:"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : Apport vulnerability (USN-768-1)");
      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:
    "Stephane Chazelas discovered that Apport did not safely remove files
    from its crash report directory. If Apport had been enabled at some
    point, a local attacker could remove arbitrary files from the system.
    
    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/768-1/"
      );
      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:P/A:N");
      script_cwe_id(16);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apport");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apport-gtk");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apport-qt");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apport-retrace");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-apport");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-problem-report");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/04/29");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/04/30");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2009-2019 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:"^(8\.04|8\.10|9\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 8.04 / 8.10 / 9.04", "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:"8.04", pkgname:"apport", pkgver:"0.108.4")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"apport-gtk", pkgver:"0.108.4")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"apport-qt", pkgver:"0.108.4")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"apport-retrace", pkgver:"0.108.4")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"python-apport", pkgver:"0.108.4")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"python-problem-report", pkgver:"0.108.4")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"apport", pkgver:"0.119.2")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"apport-gtk", pkgver:"0.119.2")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"apport-qt", pkgver:"0.119.2")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"apport-retrace", pkgver:"0.119.2")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"python-apport", pkgver:"0.119.2")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"python-problem-report", pkgver:"0.119.2")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"apport", pkgver:"1.0-0ubuntu5.2")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"apport-gtk", pkgver:"1.0-0ubuntu5.2")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"apport-qt", pkgver:"1.0-0ubuntu5.2")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"apport-retrace", pkgver:"1.0-0ubuntu5.2")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"python-apport", pkgver:"1.0-0ubuntu5.2")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"python-problem-report", pkgver:"1.0-0ubuntu5.2")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
        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, "apport / apport-gtk / apport-qt / apport-retrace / python-apport / etc");
    }
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_1_APPORT-090422.NASL
    descriptionThe apport crash watcher / handler suite contains a cron job that cleanes the world writeable /var/crash directory unsafely, allowing local attackers to remove random files on the system. (CVE-2009-1295) This update fixes this.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id40189
    published2009-07-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40189
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : apport (apport-816)