#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2022:4803.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(208544);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/10/09");
script_cve_id("CVE-2022-24903");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2022:4803");
script_name(english:"CentOS 7 : rsyslog (RHSA-2022:4803)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote CentOS Linux host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
RHSA-2022:4803 advisory.
- Rsyslog is a rocket-fast system for log processing. Modules for TCP syslog reception have a potential heap
buffer overflow when octet-counted framing is used. This can result in a segfault or some other
malfunction. As of our understanding, this vulnerability can not be used for remote code execution. But
there may still be a slight chance for experts to do that. The bug occurs when the octet count is read.
While there is a check for the maximum number of octets, digits are written to a heap buffer even when the
octet count is over the maximum, This can be used to overrun the memory buffer. However, once the sequence
of digits stop, no additional characters can be added to the buffer. In our opinion, this makes remote
exploits impossible or at least highly complex. Octet-counted framing is one of two potential framing
modes. It is relatively uncommon, but enabled by default on receivers. Modules `imtcp`, `imptcp`,
`imgssapi`, and `imhttp` are used for regular syslog message reception. It is best practice not to
directly expose them to the public. When this practice is followed, the risk is considerably lower. Module
`imdiag` is a diagnostics module primarily intended for testbench runs. We do not expect it to be present
on any production installation. Octet-counted framing is not very common. Usually, it needs to be
specifically enabled at senders. If users do not need it, they can turn it off for the most important
modules. This will mitigate the vulnerability. (CVE-2022-24903)
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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4803");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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:H/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-2022-24903");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/05/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/05/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/10/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-crypto");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-elasticsearch");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-gnutls");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-gssapi");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-kafka");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-libdbi");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mmaudit");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mmjsonparse");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mmkubernetes");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mmnormalize");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mysql");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-pgsql");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-relp");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-snmp");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-udpspoof");
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) 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", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm.inc');
include('rhel.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/CentOS/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'CentOS' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'CentOS');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'CentOS');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_ver, rhel_version: '7')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'CentOS 7.x', 'CentOS ' + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/CentOS/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 && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'CentOS', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'rsyslog-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-crypto-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-crypto-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-doc-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-doc-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-elasticsearch-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-elasticsearch-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-gnutls-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-gnutls-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-gssapi-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-gssapi-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-kafka-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-kafka-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-libdbi-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-libdbi-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-mmaudit-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-mmaudit-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-mmjsonparse-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-mmjsonparse-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-mmkubernetes-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-mmkubernetes-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-mmnormalize-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-mmnormalize-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-mysql-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-mysql-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-pgsql-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-pgsql-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-relp-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-relp-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-snmp-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-snmp-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-udpspoof-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'CentOS-7', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'rsyslog-udpspoof-8.24.0-57.el7_9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'CentOS-7', '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;
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 (reference && _release) {
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_WARNING,
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, 'rsyslog / rsyslog-crypto / rsyslog-doc / etc');
}
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