The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has expat packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:
In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be usable for denial-of-service attacks). (CVE-2018-20843)
In libexpat before 2.2.8, crafted XML input could fool the parser into changing from DTD parsing to document parsing too early; a consecutive call to XML_GetCurrentLineNumber (or XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber) then resulted in a heap-based buffer over-read. (CVE-2019-15903)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from ZTE advisory NS-SA-2021-0026. The text
# itself is copyright (C) ZTE, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(147278);
script_version("1.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/16");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-20843", "CVE-2019-15903");
script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2021-0025");
script_name(english:"NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : expat Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2021-0026)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote machine is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has expat packages installed that are affected by
multiple vulnerabilities:
- In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons
could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be
usable for denial-of-service attacks). (CVE-2018-20843)
- In libexpat before 2.2.8, crafted XML input could fool the parser into changing from DTD parsing to
document parsing too early; a consecutive call to XML_GetCurrentLineNumber (or XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber)
then resulted in a heap-based buffer over-read. (CVE-2019-15903)
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:"http://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2021-0026");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL expat packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for
more information.");
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: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-2018-20843");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-15903");
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:"2019/06/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/03/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/03/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/ZTE-CGSL/release", "Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include('audit.inc');
include('global_settings.inc');
include('rpm.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item('Host/ZTE-CGSL/release');
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^CGSL (MAIN|CORE)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'NewStart Carrier Grade Server Linux');
if (release !~ "CGSL CORE 5.04" &&
release !~ "CGSL MAIN 5.04")
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / NewStart CGSL MAIN 5.04');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'NewStart Carrier Grade Server Linux', cpu);
flag = 0;
pkgs = {
'CGSL CORE 5.04': [
'expat-2.1.0-12.el7',
'expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7',
'expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7',
'expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7'
],
'CGSL MAIN 5.04': [
'expat-2.1.0-12.el7',
'expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7',
'expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7',
'expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7'
]
};
pkg_list = pkgs[release];
foreach (pkg in pkg_list)
if (rpm_check(release:'ZTE ' + release, reference:pkg)) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'expat');
}