The version of systemd installed on the remote host is prior to 219-78. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1647 advisory.
A vulnerability in unit_deserialize of systemd allows an attacker to supply arbitrary state across systemd re-execution via NotifyAccess. This can be used to improperly influence systemd execution and possibly lead to root privilege escalation. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.
(CVE-2018-15686)
An allocation of memory without limits, that could result in the stack clashing with another memory region, was discovered in systemd-journald when a program with long command line arguments calls syslog. A local attacker may use this flaw to crash systemd-journald or escalate his privileges. Versions through v240 are vulnerable. (CVE-2018-16864)
An out of bounds read was discovered in systemd-journald in the way it parses log messages that terminate with a colon ‘:’. A local attacker can use this flaw to disclose process memory data. Versions from v221 to v239 are vulnerable. (CVE-2018-16866)
An issue was discovered in button_open in login/logind-button.c in systemd before 243. When executing the udevadm trigger command, a memory leak may occur. (CVE-2019-20386)
A memory leak was discovered in the backport of fixes for CVE-2018-16864 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Function dispatch_message_real() in journald-server.c does not free the memory allocated by set_iovec_field_free() to store the _CMDLINE=
entry. A local attacker may use this flaw to make systemd- journald crash. This issue only affects versions shipped with Red Hat Enterprise since v219-62.2.
(CVE-2019-3815)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALAS-2021-1647.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(150993);
script_version("1.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/12");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2018-15686",
"CVE-2018-16864",
"CVE-2018-16866",
"CVE-2019-3815",
"CVE-2019-20386"
);
script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2021-1647");
script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : systemd (ALAS-2021-1647)");
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 systemd installed on the remote host is prior to 219-78. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1647 advisory.
- A vulnerability in unit_deserialize of systemd allows an attacker to supply arbitrary state across systemd
re-execution via NotifyAccess. This can be used to improperly influence systemd execution and possibly
lead to root privilege escalation. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.
(CVE-2018-15686)
- An allocation of memory without limits, that could result in the stack clashing with another memory
region, was discovered in systemd-journald when a program with long command line arguments calls syslog. A
local attacker may use this flaw to crash systemd-journald or escalate his privileges. Versions through
v240 are vulnerable. (CVE-2018-16864)
- An out of bounds read was discovered in systemd-journald in the way it parses log messages that terminate
with a colon ':'. A local attacker can use this flaw to disclose process memory data. Versions from v221
to v239 are vulnerable. (CVE-2018-16866)
- An issue was discovered in button_open in login/logind-button.c in systemd before 243. When executing the
udevadm trigger command, a memory leak may occur. (CVE-2019-20386)
- A memory leak was discovered in the backport of fixes for CVE-2018-16864 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Function dispatch_message_real() in journald-server.c does not free the memory allocated by
set_iovec_field_free() to store the `_CMDLINE=` entry. A local attacker may use this flaw to make systemd-
journald crash. This issue only affects versions shipped with Red Hat Enterprise since v219-62.2.
(CVE-2019-3815)
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-2021-1647.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15686");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16866");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20386");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3815");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update systemd' to update your system.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/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:F/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-15686");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-16864");
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:"2018/10/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/06/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/06/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libgudev1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libgudev1-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-journal-gateway");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-libs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-networkd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-python");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-resolved");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-sysv");
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) 2021-2023 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':'libgudev1-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libgudev1-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libgudev1-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libgudev1-devel-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libgudev1-devel-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libgudev1-devel-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-debuginfo-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-debuginfo-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-debuginfo-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-devel-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-devel-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-devel-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-journal-gateway-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-journal-gateway-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-journal-gateway-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-libs-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-libs-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-libs-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-networkd-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-networkd-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-networkd-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-python-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-python-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-python-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-resolved-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-resolved-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-resolved-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-sysv-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-sysv-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'systemd-sysv-219-78.amzn2.0.14', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];
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, "libgudev1 / libgudev1-devel / systemd / etc");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
amazon | linux | libgudev1 | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libgudev1 |
amazon | linux | libgudev1-devel | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libgudev1-devel |
amazon | linux | systemd | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd |
amazon | linux | systemd-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-debuginfo |
amazon | linux | systemd-devel | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-devel |
amazon | linux | systemd-journal-gateway | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-journal-gateway |
amazon | linux | systemd-libs | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-libs |
amazon | linux | systemd-networkd | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-networkd |
amazon | linux | systemd-python | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-python |
amazon | linux | systemd-resolved | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-resolved |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15686
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16864
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16866
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20386
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-3815
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15686
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16866
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20386
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3815
alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2021-1647.html