Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-2906 - Infinite Loop vulnerability in multiple products

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory 2010-0006. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) VMware Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(45402);
  script_version("1.19");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/08/06 14:03:16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0798", "CVE-2009-1888", "CVE-2009-2813", "CVE-2009-2906", "CVE-2009-2948");
  script_bugtraq_id(34692, 36363, 36572, 36573);
  script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2010-0006");

  script_name(english:"VMSA-2010-0006 : ESX Service Console updates for samba and acpid");
  script_summary(english:"Checks esxupdate output for the patches");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote VMware ESX host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"a. Service Console update for samba to 3.0.33-3.15.el5_4.1

   This update changes the samba packages to
   samba-client-3.0.33-3.15.el5_4.1 and
   samba-common-3.0.33-3.15.el5_4.1. These versions include fixes for
   security issues that were first fixed in
   samba-client-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8 and samba-common-3.0.33-0.18.el4_8.
    
   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)
   has assigned the names CVE-2009-2906, CVE-2009-1888,CVE-2009-2813
   and CVE-2009-2948 to these issues.

b. Service Console update for acpid to1.0.4-9.el5_4.2

   This updates changes the the acpid package to acpid-1.0.4-9.el5_4.2.
   This version includes the fix for a security issue that was first
   fixed in acpid-1.0.4-7.el5_4.1.  

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)
   has assigned the name CVE-2009-0798 to this issue."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000123.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply the missing patches.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/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_cwe_id(264, 399);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esx:4.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/04/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/04/02");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"VMware ESX Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/VMware/release", "Host/VMware/version");
  script_require_ports("Host/VMware/esxupdate", "Host/VMware/esxcli_software_vibs");

  exit(0);
}


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


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/VMware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "VMware ESX / ESXi");
if (
  !get_kb_item("Host/VMware/esxcli_software_vibs") &&
  !get_kb_item("Host/VMware/esxupdate")
) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


init_esx_check(date:"2010-04-01");
flag = 0;


if (
  esx_check(
    ver           : "ESX 4.0.0",
    patch         : "ESX400-201003403-SG",
    patch_updates : make_list("ESX400-Update02", "ESX400-Update03", "ESX400-Update04")
  )
) flag++;
if (
  esx_check(
    ver           : "ESX 4.0.0",
    patch         : "ESX400-201003405-SG",
    patch_updates : make_list("ESX400-201203404-SG", "ESX400-Update02", "ESX400-Update03", "ESX400-Update04")
  )
) flag++;


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

• name	Pai Peng
  organization	Hewlett-Packard

• name	Chris Coffin
  organization	The MITRE Corporation

• name	Aharon Chernin
  organization	SCAP.com, LLC

• name	Dragos Prisaca
  organization	G2, Inc.

• comment	The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
  oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11782

• comment	CentOS Linux 3.x
  oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16651

• comment	The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831

• comment	CentOS Linux 4.x
  oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636

• comment	Oracle Linux 4.x
  oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990

• comment	The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11414

• comment	The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
  oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15802

• comment	Oracle Linux 5.x
  oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15459