Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-2094 - Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Catfish

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
catfish-project
nessus

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Catfish through 0.4.0.3, when a Fedora package such as 0.4.0.2-2 is not used, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse catfish.pyc in the current working directory.

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201408-04.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201408-04 (Catfish: Multiple Vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Catfish. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A local attacker could gain escalated privileges via a specially crafted shared library. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id77190
published2014-08-14
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/77190
titleGLSA-201408-04 : Catfish: Multiple Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201408-04.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(77190);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/12/05 20:31:22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2093", "CVE-2014-2094", "CVE-2014-2095", "CVE-2014-2096");
  script_bugtraq_id(65761, 65791, 65793, 65794);
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201408-04");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-201408-04 : Catfish: Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201408-04
(Catfish: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Catfish. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  
Impact :

    A local attacker could gain escalated privileges via a specially crafted
      shared library.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201408-04"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Catfish users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-util/catfish-1.0.2'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/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_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:catfish");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/08/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/08/14");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"dev-util/catfish", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.0.2"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.0.2"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Catfish");
}