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Amazon Linux 2023 : sudo, sudo-devel, sudo-logsrvd (ALAS2023-2023-106)

🗓️ 21 Mar 2023 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Amazon Linux 2023 sudo vulnerabilities ALAS2023-2023-10

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory ALAS2023-2023-106.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(173156);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/12/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-43995", "CVE-2023-22809");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2023 : sudo, sudo-devel, sudo-logsrvd (ALAS2023-2023-106)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-106 advisory.

    Sudo 1.8.0 through 1.9.12, with the crypt() password backend, contains a plugins/sudoers/auth/passwd.c
    array-out-of-bounds error that can result in a heap-based buffer over-read. This can be triggered by
    arbitrary local users with access to Sudo by entering a password of seven characters or fewer. The impact
    could vary depending on the system libraries, compiler, and processor architecture. (CVE-2022-43995)

    In Sudo before 1.9.12p2, the sudoedit (aka -e) feature mishandles extra arguments passed in the user-
    provided environment variables (SUDO_EDITOR, VISUAL, and EDITOR), allowing a local attacker to append
    arbitrary entries to the list of files to process. This can lead to privilege escalation. Affected
    versions are 1.8.0 through 1.9.12.p1. The problem exists because a user-specified editor may contain a
    -- argument that defeats a protection mechanism, e.g., an EDITOR='vim -- /path/to/extra/file' value.
    (CVE-2023-22809)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-106.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-43995.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-22809.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'dnf update sudo --releasever=2023.0.20230222 ' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-22809");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Sudoedit Extra Arguments Priv Esc');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/11/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/02/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/03/21");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sudo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sudo-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sudo-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sudo-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sudo-logsrvd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sudo-logsrvd-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sudo-python-plugin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

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

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "-2023")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2023", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'sudo-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-debuginfo-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-debuginfo-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-debuginfo-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-debugsource-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-debugsource-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-debugsource-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-devel-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-devel-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-devel-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-logsrvd-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-logsrvd-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-logsrvd-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-logsrvd-debuginfo-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-logsrvd-debuginfo-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-logsrvd-debuginfo-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-python-plugin-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-python-plugin-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-python-plugin-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'sudo-python-plugin-debuginfo-1.9.12-1.p2.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var cves = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "sudo / sudo-debuginfo / sudo-debugsource / etc");
}

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