This update doesn’t fix a vulnerability in linux-tools, but provides support for building Linux kernel modules with the 'retpoline’mitigation for CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre variant 2).
This update also includes bug fixes from the upstream Linux 3.16 stable branch up to and including 3.16.56.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4179. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(109329);
script_version("1.3");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/13 12:30:46");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4179");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4179-1 : linux-tools - security update");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"This update doesn't fix a vulnerability in linux-tools, but provides
support for building Linux kernel modules with the
'retpoline'mitigation for CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre variant 2).
This update also includes bug fixes from the upstream Linux 3.16
stable branch up to and including 3.16.56."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5715"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/linux-tools"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/linux-tools"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4179"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the linux-tools packages.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 3.16.56-1."
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-tools");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/04/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/04/25");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018 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:"hyperv-daemons", reference:"3.16.56-1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libusbip-dev", reference:"3.16.56-1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-kbuild-3.16", reference:"3.16.56-1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"linux-tools-3.16", reference:"3.16.56-1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"usbip", reference:"3.16.56-1")) 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");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | linux-tools | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux-tools |
debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0 |