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Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2021-1480)

2021-02-1800:00:00
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The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.219-119.340. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2021-1480 advisory.

  • A use-after-free flaw was found in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c in Linux kernel (before 5.10-rc1). There was a race problem in trace_open and resize of cpu buffer running parallely on different cpus, may cause a denial of service problem (DOS). This flaw could even allow a local attacker with special user privilege to a kernel information leak threat. (CVE-2020-27825)

  • In drivers/target/target_core_xcopy.c in the Linux kernel before 5.10.7, insufficient identifier checking in the LIO SCSI target code can be used by remote attackers to read or write files via directory traversal in an XCOPY request, aka CID-2896c93811e3. For example, an attack can occur over a network if the attacker has access to one iSCSI LUN. The attacker gains control over file access because I/O operations are proxied via an attacker-selected backstore. (CVE-2020-28374)

  • DISPUTED fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c in the Linux kernel through 5.10.8, when there is an NFS export of a subdirectory of a filesystem, allows remote attackers to traverse to other parts of the filesystem via READDIRPLUS. NOTE: some parties argue that such a subdirectory export is not intended to prevent this attack; see also the exports(5) no_subtree_check default behavior. (CVE-2021-3178)

  • An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.10.11. PI futexes have a kernel stack use-after-free during fault handling, allowing local users to execute code in the kernel, aka CID-34b1a1ce1458.
    (CVE-2021-3347)

  • nbd_add_socket in drivers/block/nbd.c in the Linux kernel through 5.10.12 has an ndb_queue_rq use-after- free that could be triggered by local attackers (with access to the nbd device) via an I/O request at a certain point during device setup, aka CID-b98e762e3d71. (CVE-2021-3348)

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 AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2021-1480.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(146569);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/22");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2020-27825",
    "CVE-2020-28374",
    "CVE-2021-3178",
    "CVE-2021-3347",
    "CVE-2021-3348",
    "CVE-2021-39648"
  );
  script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2021-1480");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2021-1480)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.219-119.340. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2021-1480 advisory.

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c in Linux kernel (before 5.10-rc1). There was
    a race problem in trace_open and resize of cpu buffer running parallely on different cpus, may cause a
    denial of service problem (DOS). This flaw could even allow a local attacker with special user privilege
    to a kernel information leak threat. (CVE-2020-27825)

  - In drivers/target/target_core_xcopy.c in the Linux kernel before 5.10.7, insufficient identifier checking
    in the LIO SCSI target code can be used by remote attackers to read or write files via directory traversal
    in an XCOPY request, aka CID-2896c93811e3. For example, an attack can occur over a network if the attacker
    has access to one iSCSI LUN. The attacker gains control over file access because I/O operations are
    proxied via an attacker-selected backstore. (CVE-2020-28374)

  - ** DISPUTED ** fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c in the Linux kernel through 5.10.8, when there is an NFS export of a
    subdirectory of a filesystem, allows remote attackers to traverse to other parts of the filesystem via
    READDIRPLUS. NOTE: some parties argue that such a subdirectory export is not intended to prevent this
    attack; see also the exports(5) no_subtree_check default behavior. (CVE-2021-3178)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.10.11. PI futexes have a kernel stack use-after-free
    during fault handling, allowing local users to execute code in the kernel, aka CID-34b1a1ce1458.
    (CVE-2021-3347)

  - nbd_add_socket in drivers/block/nbd.c in the Linux kernel through 5.10.12 has an ndb_queue_rq use-after-
    free that could be triggered by local attackers (with access to the nbd device) via an I/O request at a
    certain point during device setup, aka CID-b98e762e3d71. (CVE-2021-3348)

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/ALAS-2021-1480.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27825");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28374");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3178");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3347");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3348");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update kernel' 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:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-3347");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-28374");

  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:"2020/12/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/02/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/02/18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-i686");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2024 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");
include("hotfixes.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 != "A")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

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

if (get_one_kb_item("Host/kpatch/kernel-cves"))
{
  set_hotfix_type("kpatch");
  cve_list = make_list("CVE-2020-27825", "CVE-2020-28374", "CVE-2021-3178", "CVE-2021-3347", "CVE-2021-3348");
  if (hotfix_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "kpatch hotfix for ALAS-2021-1480");
  }
  else
  {
    __rpm_report = hotfix_reporting_text();
  }
}
pkgs = [
    {'reference':'kernel-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'kernel-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'kernel-debuginfo-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'kernel-debuginfo-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'kernel-devel-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'kernel-devel-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'kernel-headers-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'kernel-headers-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-devel-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-devel-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'perf-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'perf-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'perf-debuginfo-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA'},
    {'reference':'perf-debuginfo-4.14.219-119.340.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA'}
];

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, "kernel / kernel-debuginfo / kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxkernelp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel
amazonlinuxkernel-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo
amazonlinuxkernel-debuginfo-common-i686p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-i686
amazonlinuxkernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
amazonlinuxkernel-develp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel
amazonlinuxkernel-headersp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers
amazonlinuxkernel-toolsp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools
amazonlinuxkernel-tools-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo
amazonlinuxkernel-tools-develp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel
amazonlinuxperfp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf
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