The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3682 advisory.
An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2021-39537)
ncurses before 6.4 20230408, when used by a setuid application, allows local users to trigger security- relevant memory corruption via malformed data in a terminfo database file that is found in $HOME/.terminfo or reached via the TERMINFO or TERM environment variable. (CVE-2023-29491)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dla-3682. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(186526);
script_version("1.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/03");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-39537", "CVE-2023-29491");
script_name(english:"Debian DLA-3682-1 : ncurses - LTS security update");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
dla-3682 advisory.
- An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer
overflow. (CVE-2021-39537)
- ncurses before 6.4 20230408, when used by a setuid application, allows local users to trigger security-
relevant memory corruption via malformed data in a terminfo database file that is found in $HOME/.terminfo
or reached via the TERMINFO or TERM environment variable. (CVE-2023-29491)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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=1034372");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ncurses");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3682");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-39537");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-29491");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/ncurses");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the ncurses packages.
For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5.");
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:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-39537");
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:"2021/09/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/12/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/12/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib32ncurses-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib32ncurses6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib32ncursesw6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib32tinfo6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib64ncurses-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib64ncurses6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib64ncursesw6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib64tinfo6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncurses-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncurses5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncurses5-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncurses6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncurses6-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncursesw5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncursesw5-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncursesw6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncursesw6-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtinfo-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtinfo5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtinfo6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtinfo6-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ncurses-base");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ncurses-bin");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ncurses-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ncurses-examples");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ncurses-term");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 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 debian_release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(debian_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
debian_release = chomp(debian_release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(10)\.[0-9]+", string:debian_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 10.0', 'Debian ' + 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': '10.0', 'prefix': 'lib32ncurses-dev', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'lib32ncurses6', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'lib32ncursesw6', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'lib32tinfo6', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'lib64ncurses-dev', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'lib64ncurses6', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'lib64ncursesw6', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'lib64tinfo6', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libncurses-dev', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libncurses5', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libncurses5-dev', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libncurses6', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libncurses6-dbg', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libncursesw5', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libncursesw5-dev', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libncursesw6', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libncursesw6-dbg', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libtinfo-dev', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libtinfo5', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libtinfo6', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libtinfo6-dbg', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'ncurses-base', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'ncurses-bin', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'ncurses-doc', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'ncurses-examples', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'ncurses-term', 'reference': '6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5'}
];
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, 'lib32ncurses-dev / lib32ncurses6 / lib32ncursesw6 / lib32tinfo6 / etc');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | 10.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0 |
debian | debian_linux | lib32ncurses-dev | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib32ncurses-dev |
debian | debian_linux | lib32ncurses6 | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib32ncurses6 |
debian | debian_linux | lib32ncursesw6 | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib32ncursesw6 |
debian | debian_linux | lib32tinfo6 | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib32tinfo6 |
debian | debian_linux | lib64ncurses-dev | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib64ncurses-dev |
debian | debian_linux | lib64ncurses6 | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib64ncurses6 |
debian | debian_linux | lib64ncursesw6 | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib64ncursesw6 |
debian | debian_linux | lib64tinfo6 | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib64tinfo6 |
debian | debian_linux | libncurses-dev | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncurses-dev |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-39537
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-29491
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1034372
packages.debian.org/source/buster/ncurses
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-39537
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-29491
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ncurses
www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3682