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Amazon Linux AMI : openssh (ALAS-2023-1802)

2023-08-2300:00:00
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The version of openssh installed on the remote host is prior to 7.4p1-22.80. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1802 advisory.

  • The PKCS#11 feature in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 9.3p2 has an insufficiently trustworthy search path, leading to remote code execution if an agent is forwarded to an attacker-controlled system. (Code in /usr/lib is not necessarily safe for loading into ssh-agent.) NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-10009. (CVE-2023-38408)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the applicationโ€™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 AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2023-1802.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(180064);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-38408");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0377-S");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : openssh (ALAS-2023-1802)");

  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 openssh installed on the remote host is prior to 7.4p1-22.80. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1802 advisory.

  - The PKCS#11 feature in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 9.3p2 has an insufficiently trustworthy search path,
    leading to remote code execution if an agent is forwarded to an attacker-controlled system. (Code in
    /usr/lib is not necessarily safe for loading into ssh-agent.) NOTE: this issue exists because of an
    incomplete fix for CVE-2016-10009. (CVE-2023-38408)

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-2023-1802.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-38408.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update openssh' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/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: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-2023-38408");

  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:"2023/07/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/08/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/08/23");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-cavs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-clients");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-keycat");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-ldap");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-server");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  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 != "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);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'openssh-7.4p1-22.80.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE},
    {'reference':'openssh-7.4p1-22.80.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE},
    {'reference':'openssh-cavs-7.4p1-22.80.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE},
    {'reference':'openssh-cavs-7.4p1-22.80.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE},
    {'reference':'openssh-clients-7.4p1-22.80.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE},
    {'reference':'openssh-clients-7.4p1-22.80.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE},
    {'reference':'openssh-debuginfo-7.4p1-22.80.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE},
    {'reference':'openssh-debuginfo-7.4p1-22.80.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE},
    {'reference':'openssh-keycat-7.4p1-22.80.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE},
    {'reference':'openssh-keycat-7.4p1-22.80.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE},
    {'reference':'openssh-ldap-7.4p1-22.80.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE},
    {'reference':'openssh-ldap-7.4p1-22.80.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE},
    {'reference':'openssh-server-7.4p1-22.80.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE},
    {'reference':'openssh-server-7.4p1-22.80.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE},
    {'reference':'pam_ssh_agent_auth-0.10.3-2.22.80.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'pam_ssh_agent_auth-0.10.3-2.22.80.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', '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_HOLE,
      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, "openssh / openssh-cavs / openssh-clients / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxopenssh-serverp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-server
amazonlinuxopenssh-cavsp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-cavs
amazonlinuxopenssh-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-debuginfo
amazonlinuxcpe:/o:amazon:linux
amazonlinuxopenssh-ldapp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-ldap
amazonlinuxopensshp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh
amazonlinuxpam_ssh_agent_authp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth
amazonlinuxopenssh-clientsp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-clients
amazonlinuxopenssh-keycatp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-keycat