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Amazon Linux 2 : emacs-gettext (ALAS-2020-1477)

2020-08-2600:00:00
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The version of tested product installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1477 advisory.

  • An issue was discovered in GNU gettext 0.19.8. There is a double free in default_add_message in read- catalog.c, related to an invalid free in po_gram_parse in po-gram-gen.y, as demonstrated by lt-msgfmt.
    (CVE-2018-18751)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALAS-2020-1477.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(139856);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/02/23");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-18751");
  script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2020-1477");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : emacs-gettext (ALAS-2020-1477)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of tested product installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1477 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in GNU gettext 0.19.8. There is a double free in default_add_message in read-
    catalog.c, related to an invalid free in po_gram_parse in po-gram-gen.y, as demonstrated by lt-msgfmt.
    (CVE-2018-18751)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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/AL2/ALAS-2020-1477.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18751");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update gettext' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-18751");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/10/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/08/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/08/26");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-gettext");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gettext");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gettext-common-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gettext-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gettext-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gettext-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020-2024 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("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

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

release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

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

pkgs = [
    {'reference':'emacs-gettext-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2', 'release':'AL2'},
    {'reference':'gettext-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2'},
    {'reference':'gettext-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2'},
    {'reference':'gettext-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2'},
    {'reference':'gettext-common-devel-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2', 'release':'AL2'},
    {'reference':'gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2'},
    {'reference':'gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2'},
    {'reference':'gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2'},
    {'reference':'gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2'},
    {'reference':'gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2'},
    {'reference':'gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2'},
    {'reference':'gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2'},
    {'reference':'gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2'},
    {'reference':'gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2'}
];

flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  reference = NULL;
  release = NULL;
  cpu = NULL;
  el_string = NULL;
  rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  allowmaj = 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['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['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (reference && release) {
    if (rpm_check(release:release, cpu:cpu, reference:reference, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "emacs-gettext / gettext / gettext-common-devel / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxemacs-gettextp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-gettext
amazonlinuxgettextp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gettext
amazonlinuxgettext-common-develp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gettext-common-devel
amazonlinuxgettext-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gettext-debuginfo
amazonlinuxgettext-develp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gettext-devel
amazonlinuxgettext-libsp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gettext-libs
amazonlinux2cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2