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CentOS 7 : glibc (CESA-2017:1916)

2017-08-2500:00:00
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An update for glibc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the name service cache daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly.

Security Fix(es) :

  • A stack overflow vulnerability was found in nan* functions that could cause applications, which process long strings with the nan function, to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2014-9761)

  • It was found that out-of-range time values passed to the strftime() function could result in an out-of-bounds memory access. This could lead to application crash or, potentially, information disclosure.
    (CVE-2015-8776)

  • An integer overflow vulnerability was found in hcreate() and hcreate_r() functions which could result in an out-of-bounds memory access. This could lead to application crash or, potentially, arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2015-8778)

  • A stack based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the catopen() function. An excessively long string passed to the function could cause it to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2015-8779)

  • It was found that the dynamic loader did not sanitize the LD_POINTER_GUARD environment variable. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass the pointer guarding protection on set-user-ID or set-group-ID programs to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application. (CVE-2015-8777)

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2017:1916 and 
# CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2017:1916 respectively.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(102743);
  script_version("3.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-9761", "CVE-2015-8776", "CVE-2015-8777", "CVE-2015-8778", "CVE-2015-8779");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2017:1916");

  script_name(english:"CentOS 7 : glibc (CESA-2017:1916)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"An update for glibc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security
impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each
vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX
thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the
name service cache daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the
system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function
correctly.

Security Fix(es) :

* A stack overflow vulnerability was found in nan* functions that
could cause applications, which process long strings with the nan
function, to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2014-9761)

* It was found that out-of-range time values passed to the strftime()
function could result in an out-of-bounds memory access. This could
lead to application crash or, potentially, information disclosure.
(CVE-2015-8776)

* An integer overflow vulnerability was found in hcreate() and
hcreate_r() functions which could result in an out-of-bounds memory
access. This could lead to application crash or, potentially,
arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2015-8778)

* A stack based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the
catopen() function. An excessively long string passed to the function
could cause it to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-8779)

* It was found that the dynamic loader did not sanitize the
LD_POINTER_GUARD environment variable. An attacker could use this flaw
to bypass the pointer guarding protection on set-user-ID or
set-group-ID programs to execute arbitrary code with the permissions
of the user running the application. (CVE-2015-8777)

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section."
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2017-August/004138.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?77439697"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected glibc packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/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:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2014-9761");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-headers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-static");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nscd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:7");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/01/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/08/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/08/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/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/CentOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 7.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);

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


cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"glibc-2.17-196.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"glibc-common-2.17-196.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"glibc-devel-2.17-196.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"glibc-headers-2.17-196.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"glibc-static-2.17-196.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"glibc-utils-2.17-196.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"nscd-2.17-196.el7")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  cr_plugin_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: The security advisory associated with this vulnerability has a\n' +
    'fixed package version that may only be available in the continuous\n' +
    'release (CR) repository for CentOS, until it is present in the next\n' +
    'point release of CentOS.\n\n' +

    'If an equal or higher package level does not exist in the baseline\n' +
    'repository for your major version of CentOS, then updates from the CR\n' +
    'repository will need to be applied in order to address the\n' +
    'vulnerability.\n';
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : rpm_report_get() + cr_plugin_caveat
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "glibc / glibc-common / glibc-devel / glibc-headers / glibc-static / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
centoscentosglibcp-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc
centoscentosglibc-commonp-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-common
centoscentosglibc-develp-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-devel
centoscentosglibc-headersp-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-headers
centoscentosglibc-staticp-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-static
centoscentosglibc-utilsp-cpe:/a:centos:centos:glibc-utils
centoscentosnscdp-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nscd
centoscentos7cpe:/o:centos:centos:7