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Debian dsa-5673 : glibc-doc - security update

2024-04-2300:00:00
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debian
glibc-doc
security update
buffer overflow
vulnerability
iso-2022-cn-ext
cve-2024-2961
nessus
application

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.2%

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5673 advisory.

  • The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable. (CVE-2024-2961)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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 dsa-5673. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(193726);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/04/28");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-2961");

  script_name(english:"Debian dsa-5673 : glibc-doc - 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 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5673
advisory.

  - The iconv() function in the GNU C Library versions 2.39 and older may overflow the output buffer passed to
    it by up to 4 bytes when converting strings to the ISO-2022-CN-EXT character set, which may be used to
    crash an application or overwrite a neighbouring variable. (CVE-2024-2961)

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://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/glibc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/glibc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-2961");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/glibc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the glibc-doc packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/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:L/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-2024-2961");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/04/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/04/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/04/23");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:glibc-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:glibc-source");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc-bin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc-dev-bin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc-devtools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc-l10n");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-amd64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dbg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev-amd64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev-i386");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev-mips32");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev-mips64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev-mipsn32");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev-s390");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev-x32");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-i386");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-mips32");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-mips64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-mipsn32");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-s390");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-udeb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-x32");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-xen");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:locales");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:locales-all");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nscd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0");
  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) 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/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:"^(11)\.[0-9]+|^(12)\.[0-9]+", string:debian_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 11.0 / 12.0', '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': '11.0', 'prefix': 'glibc-doc', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'glibc-source', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc-bin', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc-dev-bin', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc-devtools', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc-l10n', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-amd64', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dbg', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dev', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dev-amd64', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dev-i386', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dev-mips32', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dev-mips64', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dev-mipsn32', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dev-s390', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dev-x32', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-i386', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-mips32', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-mips64', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-mipsn32', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-s390', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-udeb', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-x32', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-xen', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'locales', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'locales-all', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'nscd', 'reference': '2.31-13+deb11u9'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'glibc-doc', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'glibc-source', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc-bin', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc-dev-bin', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc-devtools', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc-l10n', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-amd64', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dbg', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dev', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dev-amd64', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dev-i386', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dev-mips32', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dev-mips64', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dev-mipsn32', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dev-s390', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-dev-x32', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-i386', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-mips32', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-mips64', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-mipsn32', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-s390', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-udeb', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libc6-x32', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'locales', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'locales-all', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'nscd', 'reference': '2.36-9+deb12u6'}
];

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_HOLE,
    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, 'glibc-doc / glibc-source / libc-bin / libc-dev-bin / libc-devtools / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxglibc-sourcep-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:glibc-source
debiandebian_linuxlibc6-x32p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-x32
debiandebian_linux11.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0
debiandebian_linuxglibc-docp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:glibc-doc
debiandebian_linuxlibc6-xenp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-xen
debiandebian_linuxlibc6-dev-x32p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev-x32
debiandebian_linuxlibc6-dev-mipsn32p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev-mipsn32
debiandebian_linuxlibc6-i386p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-i386
debiandebian_linuxlibc-dev-binp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc-dev-bin
debiandebian_linux12.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0
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