Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-5530 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in SGI Performance Co-Pilot

047910
CVSS 2.1 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
sgi
CWE-264
nessus
NVD
Published: 2012-11-29
Updated: 2013-02-26

Summary

The (1) pcmd and (2) pmlogger init scripts in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.10 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/##### temporary file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Sgi
17

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Accessing, Modifying or Executing Executable Files
    An attack of this type exploits a system's configuration that allows an attacker to either directly access an executable file, for example through shell access; or in a possible worst case allows an attacker to upload a file and then execute it. Web servers, ftp servers, and message oriented middleware systems which have many integration points are particularly vulnerable, because both the programmers and the administrators must be in synch regarding the interfaces and the correct privileges for each interface.
  • Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files
    An attack of this type exploits a system's trust in configuration and resource files, when the executable loads the resource (such as an image file or configuration file) the attacker has modified the file to either execute malicious code directly or manipulate the target process (e.g. application server) to execute based on the malicious configuration parameters. Since systems are increasingly interrelated mashing up resources from local and remote sources the possibility of this attack occurring is high. The attack can be directed at a client system, such as causing buffer overrun through loading seemingly benign image files, as in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028 where specially crafted JPEG files could cause a buffer overrun once loaded into the browser. Another example targets clients reading pdf files. In this case the attacker simply appends javascript to the end of a legitimate url for a pdf (http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/danger-danger-danger/) http://path/to/pdf/file.pdf#whatever_name_you_want=javascript:your_code_here The client assumes that they are reading a pdf, but the attacker has modified the resource and loaded executable javascript into the client's browser process. The attack can also target server processes. The attacker edits the resource or configuration file, for example a web.xml file used to configure security permissions for a J2EE app server, adding role name "public" grants all users with the public role the ability to use the administration functionality. The server trusts its configuration file to be correct, but when they are manipulated, the attacker gains full control.
  • Blue Boxing
    This type of attack against older telephone switches and trunks has been around for decades. A tone is sent by an adversary to impersonate a supervisor signal which has the effect of rerouting or usurping command of the line. While the US infrastructure proper may not contain widespread vulnerabilities to this type of attack, many companies are connected globally through call centers and business process outsourcing. These international systems may be operated in countries which have not upgraded Telco infrastructure and so are vulnerable to Blue boxing. Blue boxing is a result of failure on the part of the system to enforce strong authorization for administrative functions. While the infrastructure is different than standard current applications like web applications, there are historical lessons to be learned to upgrade the access control for administrative functions.
  • Restful Privilege Elevation
    Rest uses standard HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permissions methods, but these are not necessarily correlated generally with back end programs. Strict interpretation of HTTP get methods means that these HTTP Get services should not be used to delete information on the server, but there is no access control mechanism to back up this logic. This means that unless the services are properly ACL'd and the application's service implementation are following these guidelines then an HTTP request can easily execute a delete or update on the server side. The attacker identifies a HTTP Get URL such as http://victimsite/updateOrder, which calls out to a program to update orders on a database or other resource. The URL is not idempotent so the request can be submitted multiple times by the attacker, additionally, the attacker may be able to exploit the URL published as a Get method that actually performs updates (instead of merely retrieving data). This may result in malicious or inadvertent altering of data on the server.
  • Target Programs with Elevated Privileges
    This attack targets programs running with elevated privileges. The attacker would try to leverage a bug in the running program and get arbitrary code to execute with elevated privileges. For instance an attacker would look for programs that write to the system directories or registry keys (such as HKLM, which stores a number of critical Windows environment variables). These programs are typically running with elevated privileges and have usually not been designed with security in mind. Such programs are excellent exploit targets because they yield lots of power when they break. The malicious user try to execute its code at the same level as a privileged system call.

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_LIBPCP3-130107.NASL
    descriptionpcp was updated to version 3.6.10 which fixes security issues and also brings a lot of new features. - Update to pcp-3.6.10. - Transition daemons to run under an unprivileged account. - Fixes for security advisory CVE-2012-5530: tmpfile flaws;. (bnc#782967) - Fix pcp(1) command short-form pmlogger reporting. - Fix pmdalogger error handling for directory files. - Fix pmstat handling of odd corner case in CPU metrics. - Correct the python ctype used for pmAtomValue 32bit ints. - Add missing RPM spec dependency for python-ctypes. - Corrections to pmdamysql metrics units. - Add pmdamysql slave status metrics. - Improve pmcollectl error messages. - Parameterize pmcollectl CPU counts in interrupt subsys. - Fix generic RPM packaging for powerpc builds. - Fix python API use of reentrant libpcp string routines. - Python code backporting for RHEL5 in qa and pmcollectl. - Fix edge cases in capturing interrupt error counts. - Update to pcp-3.6.9. - Python wrapper for the pmimport API - Make sar2pcp work with the sysstat versions from RHEL5, RHEL6, and all recent Fedora versions (which is almost all current versions of sysstat verified). - Added a number of additional metrics into the importer for people starting to use it to analyse sar data from real customer incidents. - Rework use of C99
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2013-01-25
    plugin id64188
    published2013-01-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/64188
    titleSuSE 11.2 Security Update : pcp (SAT Patch Number 7221)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from SuSE 11 update information. The text itself is
# copyright (C) Novell, Inc.
#

if (NASL_LEVEL < 3000) exit(0);

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(64188);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-3418", "CVE-2012-3419", "CVE-2012-3420", "CVE-2012-3421", "CVE-2012-5530");

  script_name(english:"SuSE 11.2 Security Update : pcp (SAT Patch Number 7221)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"pcp was updated to version 3.6.10 which fixes security issues and also
brings a lot of new features.

  - Update to pcp-3.6.10.

  - Transition daemons to run under an unprivileged account.

  - Fixes for security advisory CVE-2012-5530: tmpfile
    flaws;. (bnc#782967)

  - Fix pcp(1) command short-form pmlogger reporting.

  - Fix pmdalogger error handling for directory files.

  - Fix pmstat handling of odd corner case in CPU metrics.

  - Correct the python ctype used for pmAtomValue 32bit
    ints.

  - Add missing RPM spec dependency for python-ctypes.

  - Corrections to pmdamysql metrics units.

  - Add pmdamysql slave status metrics.

  - Improve pmcollectl error messages.

  - Parameterize pmcollectl CPU counts in interrupt subsys.

  - Fix generic RPM packaging for powerpc builds.

  - Fix python API use of reentrant libpcp string routines.

  - Python code backporting for RHEL5 in qa and pmcollectl.

  - Fix edge cases in capturing interrupt error counts.

  - Update to pcp-3.6.9.

  - Python wrapper for the pmimport API

  - Make sar2pcp work with the sysstat versions from RHEL5,
    RHEL6, and all recent Fedora versions (which is almost
    all current versions of sysstat verified).

  - Added a number of additional metrics into the importer
    for people starting to use it to analyse sar data from
    real customer incidents.

  - Rework use of C99 'restrict' keyword in pmdalogger
    (Debian bug: 689552)

  - Alot of work on the PCP QA suite, special thanks to
    Tomas Dohnalek for all his efforts there.

  - Win32 build updates

  - Add 'raw' disk active metrics so that existing tools
    like iostat can be emulated

  - Allow sar2pcp to accept XML input directly (.xml
    suffix), allowing it to not have to run on the same
    platform as the sadc/sadf that originally generated it.

  - Add PMI error codes into the PCP::LogImport perl module.

  - Fix a typo in pmiUnits man page synopsis section

  - Resolve pmdalinux ordering issue in NUMA/CPU indom setup
    (Redhat bug: 858384)

  - Remove unused pmcollectl imports (Redhat bug: 863210)

  - Allow event traces to be used in libpcp interpolate mode

  - Update to pcp-3.6.8.

  - Corrects the disk/partition identification for the MMC
    driver, which makes disk indom handling correct on the
    Raspberry Pi (http://www.raspberrypi.org/)

  - Several minor/basic fixes for pmdaoracle.

  - Improve pmcollectl compatibility.

  - Make a few clarifications to pmcollectl.1.

  - Improve python API test coverage.

  - Numerous updates to the test suite in general.

  - Allow pmda Install scripts to specify own dso name
    again.

  - Reconcile spec file differences between PCP flavours.

  - Fix handling of multiple contexts with a remote
    namespace.

  - Core socket interface abstractions to support NSS
    (later).

  - Fix man page SYNOPSIS section for pmUnpackEventRecords.

  - Add --disable-shared build option for static builds.

  - Update to pcp-3.6.6.

  - Added the python PMAPI bindings and an initial python
    client in pmcollectl. Separate, new package exists for
    python libs for those platforms that split out packages
    (rpm, deb).

  - Added a pcp-testsuite package for those platforms that
    might want this (rpm, deb again, mainly)

  - Re-introduced the pcp/qa subdirectory in pcp and
    deprecated the external pcpqa git tree.

  - Fix potential buffer overflow in pmlogger host name
    handling.

  - Reworked the configure --prefix handling to be more like
    the rest of the open source world.

  - Ensure the __pmDecodeText ident parameter is always set
    Resolves Red Hat bugzilla bug #841306."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732763"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=775009"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=775010"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=775011"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=775013"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782967"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3418.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3419.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3420.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3421.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5530.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply SAT patch number 7221.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:permissions");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/01/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/01/25");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/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/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)11") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SuSE 11");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SuSE 11", cpu);

pl = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(pl) || int(pl) != 2) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SuSE 11.2");


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED11", sp:2, cpu:"i586", reference:"permissions-2013.1.7-0.3.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED11", sp:2, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"permissions-2013.1.7-0.3.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:2, reference:"permissions-2013.1.7-0.3.1")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2012-18686.NASL
    descriptionResolve insecure temporary file use flaws in PCP shell scripts 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 seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-11-23
    plugin id63014
    published2012-11-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63014
    titleFedora 17 : pcp-3.6.10-1.fc17 (2012-18686)
    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 2012-18686.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(63014);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-5530");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2012-18686");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 17 : pcp-3.6.10-1.fc17 (2012-18686)");
  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:
"Resolve insecure temporary file use flaws in PCP shell scripts

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=875842"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092623.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ff31b83d"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected pcp package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:pcp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/11/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/11/23");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 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:"^17([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 17.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:"FC17", reference:"pcp-3.6.10-1.fc17")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_note(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "pcp");
}
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2012-18587.NASL
    descriptionResolve insecure temporary file use flaws in PCP shell scripts 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 seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-11-26
    plugin id63047
    published2012-11-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63047
    titleFedora 18 : pcp-3.6.10-1.fc18 (2012-18587)
    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 2012-18587.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(63047);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-5530");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2012-18587");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 18 : pcp-3.6.10-1.fc18 (2012-18587)");
  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:
"Resolve insecure temporary file use flaws in PCP shell scripts

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=875842"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092680.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f4c6c78f"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected pcp package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:pcp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/11/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/11/26");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 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:"^18([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 18.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:"FC18", reference:"pcp-3.6.10-1.fc18")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_note(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "pcp");
}
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2012-18654.NASL
    descriptionResolve insecure temporary file use flaws in PCP shell scripts 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 seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-11-23
    plugin id63011
    published2012-11-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63011
    titleFedora 16 : pcp-3.6.10-1.fc16 (2012-18654)
    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 2012-18654.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(63011);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-5530");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2012-18654");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 16 : pcp-3.6.10-1.fc16 (2012-18654)");
  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:
"Resolve insecure temporary file use flaws in PCP shell scripts

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=875842"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092658.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?04ab70cb"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected pcp package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:pcp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:16");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/11/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/11/23");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 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:"^16([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 16.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:"FC16", reference:"pcp-3.6.10-1.fc16")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_note(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "pcp");
}
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_LIBPCP3-8421.NASL
    descriptionpcp was updated to version 3.6.10 which fixes security issues and also brings a lot of new features. - Update to pcp-3.6.10. o Transition daemons to run under an unprivileged account. o Fixes for security advisory CVE-2012-5530: tmpfile flaws; (bnc#782967). o Fix pcp(1) command short-form pmlogger reporting. o Fix pmdalogger error handling for directory files. o Fix pmstat handling of odd corner case in CPU metrics. o Correct the python ctype used for pmAtomValue 32bit ints. o Add missing RPM spec dependency for python-ctypes. o Corrections to pmdamysql metrics units. o Add pmdamysql slave status metrics. o Improve pmcollectl error messages. o Parameterize pmcollectl CPU counts in interrupt subsys. o Fix generic RPM packaging for powerpc builds. o Fix python API use of reentrant libpcp string routines. o Python code backporting for RHEL5 in qa and pmcollectl. o Fix edge cases in capturing interrupt error counts. - Update to pcp-3.6.9. o Python wrapper for the pmimport API o Make sar2pcp work with the sysstat versions from RHEL5, RHEL6, and all recent Fedora versions (which is almost all current versions of sysstat verified). o Added a number of additional metrics into the importer for people starting to use it to analyse sar data from real customer incidents. o Rework use of C99
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2013-01-24
    plugin id63680
    published2013-01-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63680
    titleSuSE 10 Security Update : pcp (ZYPP Patch Number 8421)

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