Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cdrecord (MDKSA-2000:009)

high Nessus Plugin ID 61807

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Synopsis

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

Description

The linux cdrecord binary is vulnerable to a locally exploitable buffer overflow attack. When installed on a Linux-Mandrake distribution, it is by default setgid 'cdburner' (which is a group, gid: 80, that is created for the application). The overflow condition is the result of no bounds checking on the 'dev=' argument passed to cdburner at execution time. This vulnerability can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands with the gid 'cdburner'.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 61807

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2000-009.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 9/6/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cdrecord, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cdrecord-cdda2wav, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cdrecord-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mkisofs, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2000

Reference Information

MDKSA: 2000:009

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