Debian DSA-1420-1 : zabbix - programming error

low Nessus Plugin ID 29227

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Bas van Schaik discovered that the agentd process of Zabbix, a network monitor system, may run user-supplied commands as group id root, not zabbix, which may lead to a privilege escalation.

zabbix is not included in the oldstable distribution (sarge).

Solution

Upgrade the zabbix packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.1.4-10etch1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=452682

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1420

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 29227

File Name: debian_DSA-1420.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/7/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:zabbix, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6210

BID: 26680

CWE: 16

DSA: 1420