The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3062 advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dla-3062. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(162610);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-36773");
script_name(english:"Debian DLA-3062-1 : ublock-origin - LTS security update");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3062
advisory.
- uBlock Origin before 1.36.2 and nMatrix before 4.4.9 support an arbitrary depth of parameter nesting for
strict blocking, which allows crafted web sites to cause a denial of service (unbounded recursion that can
trigger memory consumption and a loss of all blocking functionality). (CVE-2021-36773)
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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=991386");
# https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ublock-origin
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8e2d4a2c");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3062");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-36773");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/ublock-origin");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the ublock-origin packages.
For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.42.0+dfsg-1~deb9u1.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
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:N/I:N/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-2021-36773");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/07/18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/06/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/06/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ublock-origin-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webext-ublock-origin");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webext-ublock-origin-chromium");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webext-ublock-origin-firefox");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2022-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
var release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(9)\.[0-9]+", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 9.0', 'Debian ' + release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'release': '9.0', 'prefix': 'ublock-origin-doc', 'reference': '1.42.0+dfsg-1~deb9u1'},
{'release': '9.0', 'prefix': 'webext-ublock-origin', 'reference': '1.42.0+dfsg-1~deb9u1'},
{'release': '9.0', 'prefix': 'webext-ublock-origin-chromium', 'reference': '1.42.0+dfsg-1~deb9u1'},
{'release': '9.0', 'prefix': 'webext-ublock-origin-firefox', 'reference': '1.42.0+dfsg-1~deb9u1'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
var release = NULL;
var prefix = NULL;
var reference = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (release && prefix && reference) {
if (deb_check(release:release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : deb_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'ublock-origin-doc / webext-ublock-origin / etc');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | ublock-origin-doc | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ublock-origin-doc |
debian | debian_linux | webext-ublock-origin | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webext-ublock-origin |
debian | debian_linux | webext-ublock-origin-chromium | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webext-ublock-origin-chromium |
debian | debian_linux | webext-ublock-origin-firefox | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:webext-ublock-origin-firefox |
debian | debian_linux | 9.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0 |