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HistoryJun 11, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

CentOS 7 : microcode_ctl (CESA-2020:2432)

2020-06-1100:00:00
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The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2432 advisory.

  • hw: Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) (CVE-2020-0543)

  • hw: Vector Register Data Sampling (CVE-2020-0548)

  • hw: L1D Cache Eviction Sampling (CVE-2020-0549)

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 Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2020:2432 and 
# CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2020:2432 respectively.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(137337);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/07");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-0543", "CVE-2020-0548", "CVE-2020-0549");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2020:2432");

  script_name(english:"CentOS 7 : microcode_ctl (CESA-2020:2432)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the RHSA-2020:2432 advisory.

  - hw: Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS)
    (CVE-2020-0543)

  - hw: Vector Register Data Sampling (CVE-2020-0548)

  - hw: L1D Cache Eviction Sampling (CVE-2020-0549)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2020-June/035754.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5ccdb074");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected microcode_ctl package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  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:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-0549");

  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:"2020/01/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/06/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/06/11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:microcode_ctl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/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:"microcode_ctl-2.1-61.6.el7_8")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
    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, "microcode_ctl");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
centoscentosmicrocode_ctlp-cpe:/a:centos:centos:microcode_ctl
centoscentos7cpe:/o:centos:centos:7