Lucene search

K
nessusThis script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.AL2_ALAS-2023-2372.NASL
HistoryDec 04, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Amazon Linux 2 : avahi (ALAS-2023-2372)

2023-12-0400:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
www.tenable.com
4
amazon linux 2
avahi
vulnerability

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

The version of avahi installed on the remote host is prior to 0.6.31-20. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2372 advisory.

  • A flaw was found in avahi in versions 0.6 up to 0.8. The event used to signal the termination of the client connection on the avahi Unix socket is not correctly handled in the client_work function, allowing a local attacker to trigger an infinite loop. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to the availability of the avahi service, which becomes unresponsive after this flaw is triggered.
    (CVE-2021-3468)

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 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALAS-2023-2372.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(186567);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-3468");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : avahi (ALAS-2023-2372)");

  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 avahi installed on the remote host is prior to 0.6.31-20. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability
as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2372 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in avahi in versions 0.6 up to 0.8. The event used to signal the termination of the
    client connection on the avahi Unix socket is not correctly handled in the client_work function, allowing
    a local attacker to trigger an infinite loop. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to the
    availability of the avahi service, which becomes unresponsive after this flaw is triggered.
    (CVE-2021-3468)

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-2023-2372.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3468.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update avahi' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-3468");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/06/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/11/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/12/04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-autoipd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-howl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-howl-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-dnsconfd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-glib");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-glib-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-gobject");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-gobject-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-qt3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-qt3-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-qt4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-qt4-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-ui");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-ui-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-ui-gtk3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-ui-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
  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 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 != "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);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'avahi-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-autoipd-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-autoipd-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-autoipd-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-howl-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-howl-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-howl-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-debuginfo-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-debuginfo-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-debuginfo-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-dnsconfd-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-dnsconfd-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-dnsconfd-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-glib-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-glib-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-glib-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-glib-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-glib-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-glib-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-gobject-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-gobject-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-gobject-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-gobject-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-gobject-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-gobject-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-libs-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-libs-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-libs-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-qt3-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-qt3-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-qt3-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-qt3-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-qt4-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-qt4-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-qt4-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-qt4-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-qt4-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-qt4-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-tools-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-tools-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-tools-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-devel-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-gtk3-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-gtk3-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-gtk3-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-tools-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-tools-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-tools-0.6.31-20.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', '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;
  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 (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)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
      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, "avahi / avahi-autoipd / avahi-compat-howl / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxavahip-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi
amazonlinuxavahi-autoipdp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-autoipd
amazonlinuxavahi-compat-howlp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-howl
amazonlinuxavahi-compat-howl-develp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-howl-devel
amazonlinuxavahi-compat-libdns_sdp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd
amazonlinuxavahi-compat-libdns_sd-develp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel
amazonlinuxavahi-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-debuginfo
amazonlinuxavahi-develp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-devel
amazonlinuxavahi-dnsconfdp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-dnsconfd
amazonlinuxavahi-glibp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-glib
Rows per page:
1-10 of 241