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Debian DLA-1466-1 : linux-4.9 security update

2018-08-1600:00:00
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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation or denial of service.

CVE-2018-5390 (SegmentSmack)

Juha-Matti Tilli discovered that a remote attacker can trigger the worst case code paths for TCP stream reassembly with low rates of specially crafted packets, leading to remote denial of service.

CVE-2018-5391 (FragmentSmack)

Juha-Matti Tilli discovered a flaw in the way the Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment reassembly algorithms by sending specially crafted packets, leading to remote denial of service.

This is mitigated by reducing the default limits on memory usage for incomplete fragmented packets. The same mitigation can be achieved without the need to reboot, by setting the sysctls :

net.ipv4.ipfrag_high_thresh = 262144 net.ipv6.ip6frag_high_thresh = 262144 net.ipv4.ipfrag_low_thresh = 196608 net.ipv6.ip6frag_low_thresh = 196608

The default values may still be increased by local configuration if necessary.

CVE-2018-13405

Jann Horn discovered that the inode_init_owner function in fs/inode.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to create files with an unintended group ownership allowing attackers to escalate privileges by making a plain file executable and SGID.

For Debian 8 ‘Jessie’, these problems have been fixed in version 4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1. This update includes fixes for several regressions in the latest point release.

The earlier version 4.9.110-3+deb9u1~deb8u1 included all the above fixes except for CVE-2018-5391, which may be mitigated as explained above.

We recommend that you upgrade your linux-4.9 packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-1466-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(111763);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-13405", "CVE-2018-5390", "CVE-2018-5391");

  script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1466-1 : linux-4.9 security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that
may lead to a privilege escalation or denial of service.

CVE-2018-5390 (SegmentSmack)

Juha-Matti Tilli discovered that a remote attacker can trigger the
worst case code paths for TCP stream reassembly with low rates of
specially crafted packets, leading to remote denial of service.

CVE-2018-5391 (FragmentSmack)

Juha-Matti Tilli discovered a flaw in the way the Linux kernel handled
reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker can
take advantage of this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive
fragment reassembly algorithms by sending specially crafted packets,
leading to remote denial of service.

This is mitigated by reducing the default limits on memory
usage for incomplete fragmented packets. The same mitigation
can be achieved without the need to reboot, by setting the
sysctls :

net.ipv4.ipfrag_high_thresh = 262144
net.ipv6.ip6frag_high_thresh = 262144
net.ipv4.ipfrag_low_thresh = 196608
net.ipv6.ip6frag_low_thresh = 196608

The default values may still be increased by local
configuration if necessary.

CVE-2018-13405

Jann Horn discovered that the inode_init_owner function in fs/inode.c
in the Linux kernel allows local users to create files with an
unintended group ownership allowing attackers to escalate privileges
by making a plain file executable and SGID.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version
4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1. This update includes fixes for several
regressions in the latest point release.

The earlier version 4.9.110-3+deb9u1~deb8u1 included all the above
fixes except for CVE-2018-5391, which may be mitigated as explained
above.

We recommend that you upgrade your linux-4.9 packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description
block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted
to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without
introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00014.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/linux-4.9"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/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:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-compiler-gcc-4.9-arm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-doc-4.9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-686");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-686-pae");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all-amd64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all-armel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all-armhf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all-i386");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-amd64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-armmp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-armmp-lpae");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-common-rt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-marvell");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-rt-686-pae");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-rt-amd64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-686");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-686-pae");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-686-pae-dbg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-amd64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-amd64-dbg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-armmp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-armmp-lpae");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-marvell");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-rt-686-pae");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-rt-686-pae-dbg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-rt-amd64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-rt-amd64-dbg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-kbuild-4.9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-manual-4.9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-perf-4.9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-source-4.9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-support-4.9.0-0.bpo.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/08/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/08/16");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-compiler-gcc-4.9-arm", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-doc-4.9", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-686", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-686-pae", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all-amd64", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all-armel", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all-armhf", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all-i386", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-amd64", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-armmp", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-armmp-lpae", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-common", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-common-rt", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-marvell", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-rt-686-pae", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-rt-amd64", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-686", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-686-pae", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-686-pae-dbg", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-amd64", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-amd64-dbg", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-armmp", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-armmp-lpae", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-marvell", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-rt-686-pae", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-rt-686-pae-dbg", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-rt-amd64", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-image-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-rt-amd64-dbg", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-kbuild-4.9", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-manual-4.9", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-perf-4.9", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-source-4.9", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-support-4.9.0-0.bpo.7", reference:"4.9.110-3+deb9u2~deb8u1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxlinux-compiler-gcc-4.9-armp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-compiler-gcc-4.9-arm
debiandebian_linuxlinux-doc-4.9p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-doc-4.9
debiandebian_linuxlinux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-686p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-686
debiandebian_linuxlinux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-686-paep-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-686-pae
debiandebian_linuxlinux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-allp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all
debiandebian_linuxlinux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all-amd64p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all-amd64
debiandebian_linuxlinux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all-armelp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all-armel
debiandebian_linuxlinux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all-armhfp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all-armhf
debiandebian_linuxlinux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all-i386p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-all-i386
debiandebian_linuxlinux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-amd64p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-headers-4.9.0-0.bpo.7-amd64
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