debian-goodies Checkrestart Script Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:25569

Info

debian-goodies Checkrestart Script Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 25569
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2007-3912
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 06 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 24 2008 08:30PM
Credit: Thomas de Grenier de Latour is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
Debian debian-goodies 0.33
Debian debian-goodies 0.27
Not Vulnerable: Debian debian-goodies 0.34

Discussion

debian-goodies Checkrestart Script Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The 'checkrestart' utility in the 'debian-goodies' package is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability because the application fails to sufficiently validate user-supplied data.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands with superuser privileges. Successfully exploiting this issue will result in the complete compromise of affected computers.

This issue affects versions prior to debian-goodies 0.34.

Exploit / POC

debian-goodies Checkrestart Script Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

debian-goodies Checkrestart Script Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released updates to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Debian debian-goodies 0.27

Debian debian-goodies 0.33

References

debian-goodies Checkrestart Script Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:
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