Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-6888 - Unspecified vulnerability in Devscripts Devel Team Devscripts
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN devscripts-devel-team
nessus
Summary
Uscan in devscripts before 2.13.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted tarball.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-2836.NASL description Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in uscan, a tool to scan upstream sites for new releases of packages, which is part of the devscripts package. An attacker controlling a website from which uscan would attempt to download a source tarball could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running uscan. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project id CVE-2013-6888 has been assigned to identify them. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-01-06 plugin id 71802 published 2014-01-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71802 title Debian DSA-2836-1 : devscripts - arbitrary code execution code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-2836. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(71802); script_version("1.10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2013-6888", "CVE-2013-7325"); script_bugtraq_id(64656); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2836"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2836-1 : devscripts - arbitrary code execution"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in uscan, a tool to scan upstream sites for new releases of packages, which is part of the devscripts package. An attacker controlling a website from which uscan would attempt to download a source tarball could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running uscan. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project id CVE-2013-6888 has been assigned to identify them." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6888" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/devscripts" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2836" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the devscripts packages. For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 2.12.6+deb7u2." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:devscripts"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/01/07"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/01/05"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/01/06"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"devscripts", reference:"2.12.6+deb7u2")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2084-1.NASL description It was discovered that the uscan tool incorrectly repacked archive files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted files, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code. 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 seen 2020-03-18 modified 2014-01-22 plugin id 72087 published 2014-01-22 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2014-2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/72087 title Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 / 13.10 : devscripts vulnerability (USN-2084-1) 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-2084-1. 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(72087); script_version("1.6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2013-6888"); script_bugtraq_id(64656); script_xref(name:"USN", value:"2084-1"); script_name(english:"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 / 13.10 : devscripts vulnerability (USN-2084-1)"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "It was discovered that the uscan tool incorrectly repacked archive files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted files, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code. 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/2084-1/" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected devscripts package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/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_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:devscripts"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/01/07"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/01/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/01/22"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2014-2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2014-2019 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 (! preg(pattern:"^(10\.04|12\.04|12\.10|13\.04|13\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 10.04 / 12.04 / 12.10 / 13.04 / 13.10", "Ubuntu " + release); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu); flag = 0; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"devscripts", pkgver:"2.10.61ubuntu5.6")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"devscripts", pkgver:"2.11.6ubuntu1.6")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.10", pkgname:"devscripts", pkgver:"2.12.4ubuntu0.1")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"13.04", pkgname:"devscripts", pkgver:"2.13.1ubuntu0.1")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"13.10", pkgname:"devscripts", pkgver:"2.13.4ubuntu0.1")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, 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, "devscripts"); }
References
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=138900586911271&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2836
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64656
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56192
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56579
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2084-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90107
- http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/devscripts.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=02c6850d973e3e1246fde72edab27f03d63acc52