Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ppp (MDKSA-2006:119)

high Nessus Plugin ID 22019

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Marcus Meissner discovered that pppd's winbind plugin did not check for the result of the setuid() call which could allow an attacker to exploit this on systems with certain PAM limits enabled to execute the NTLM authentication helper as root. This could possibly lead to privilege escalation dependent upon the local winbind configuration.

Updated packages have been patched ot correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22019

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2006-119.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 7/11/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ppp-pppoatm, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ppp-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ppp-prompt, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ppp-radius, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ppp, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ppp-pppoe, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ppp-dhcp

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2194

MDKSA: 2006:119

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