The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:0340 advisory.
An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TUN/TAP device driver functionality in how a user generates a malicious (too big) networking packet when napi frags is enabled. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-3812)
An array indexing vulnerability was found in the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A missing macro could lead to a miscalculation of the h->nets
array offset, providing attackers with the primitive to arbitrarily increment/decrement a memory buffer out-of-bound. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-42753)
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s af_unix component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The unix_stream_sendpage() function tries to add data to the last skb in the peer’s recv queue without locking the queue. Thus there is a race where unix_stream_sendpage() could access an skb locklessly that is being released by garbage collection, resulting in use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past commit 790c2f9d15b594350ae9bca7b236f2b1859de02c. (CVE-2023-4622)
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s net/sched: sch_hfsc (HFSC qdisc traffic control) component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If a class with a link-sharing curve (i.e. with the HFSC_FSC flag set) has a parent without a link-sharing curve, then init_vf() will call vttree_insert() on the parent, but vttree_remove() will be skipped in update_vf(). This leaves a dangling pointer that can cause a use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past commit b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f. (CVE-2023-4623)
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in drivers/nvme/target/tcp.cin
nvmet_tcp_free_crypto` due to a logical bug in the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a malicious user to cause a use-after-free and double-free problem, which may permit remote code execution or lead to local privilege escalation problem. (CVE-2023-5178)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# AlmaLinux Security Advisory ALSA-2024:0340.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(189621);
script_version("1.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/26");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2023-3812",
"CVE-2023-4622",
"CVE-2023-4623",
"CVE-2023-5178",
"CVE-2023-42753"
);
script_xref(name:"ALSA", value:"2024:0340");
script_name(english:"AlmaLinux 9 : kpatch-patch (ALSA-2024:0340)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
ALSA-2024:0340 advisory.
- An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's TUN/TAP device driver functionality in
how a user generates a malicious (too big) networking packet when napi frags is enabled. This flaw allows
a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-3812)
- An array indexing vulnerability was found in the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A missing macro
could lead to a miscalculation of the `h->nets` array offset, providing attackers with the primitive to
arbitrarily increment/decrement a memory buffer out-of-bound. This issue may allow a local user to crash
the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-42753)
- A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's af_unix component can be exploited to achieve local
privilege escalation. The unix_stream_sendpage() function tries to add data to the last skb in the peer's
recv queue without locking the queue. Thus there is a race where unix_stream_sendpage() could access an
skb locklessly that is being released by garbage collection, resulting in use-after-free. We recommend
upgrading past commit 790c2f9d15b594350ae9bca7b236f2b1859de02c. (CVE-2023-4622)
- A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/sched: sch_hfsc (HFSC qdisc traffic control)
component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. If a class with a link-sharing curve
(i.e. with the HFSC_FSC flag set) has a parent without a link-sharing curve, then init_vf() will call
vttree_insert() on the parent, but vttree_remove() will be skipped in update_vf(). This leaves a dangling
pointer that can cause a use-after-free. We recommend upgrading past commit
b3d26c5702c7d6c45456326e56d2ccf3f103e60f. (CVE-2023-4623)
- A use-after-free vulnerability was found in drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c` in `nvmet_tcp_free_crypto` due to a
logical bug in the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel. This issue may allow a malicious user to
cause a use-after-free and double-free problem, which may permit remote code execution or lead to local
privilege escalation problem. (CVE-2023-5178)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-0340.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel package.");
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-2023-5178");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_cwe_id(191, 415, 416, 787);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/12/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/01/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/01/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Alma Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AlmaLinux/release", "Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm.inc');
include('ksplice.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/AlmaLinux/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'AlmaLinux' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "AlmaLinux release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'AlmaLinux');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^9([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux 9.x', 'AlmaLinux ' + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'AlmaLinux', cpu);
if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
rm_kb_item(name:'Host/uptrack-uname-r');
var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2023-3812', 'CVE-2023-4622', 'CVE-2023-4623', 'CVE-2023-5178', 'CVE-2023-42753');
if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
{
audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for ALSA-2024:0340');
}
else
{
__rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
}
}
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'kernel-5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'9', '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 = 'Alma-' + 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, 'kernel');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
alma | linux | 9 | cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos |
alma | linux | 9 | cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability |
alma | linux | 9 | cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage |
alma | linux | 9 | cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream |
alma | linux | 9 | cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime |
alma | linux | 9 | cpe:/o:alma:linux:9 |
alma | linux | 9 | cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana |
alma | linux | 9 | cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary |
alma | linux | 9 | cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap |
alma | linux | kernel | p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3812
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-42753
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4622
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4623
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5178
errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-0340.html