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Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2018-4219)

2023-09-0700:00:00
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The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4219 advisory.

  • A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual (SDM) was mishandled in the development of some or all operating-system kernels, resulting in unexpected behavior for #DB exceptions that are deferred by MOV SS or POP SS, as demonstrated by (for example) privilege escalation in Windows, macOS, some Xen configurations, or FreeBSD, or a Linux kernel crash. The MOV to SS and POP SS instructions inhibit interrupts (including NMIs), data breakpoints, and single step trap exceptions until the instruction boundary following the next instruction (SDM Vol. 3A;
    section 6.8.3). (The inhibited data breakpoints are those on memory accessed by the MOV to SS or POP to SS instruction itself.) Note that debug exceptions are not inhibited by the interrupt enable (EFLAGS.IF) system flag (SDM Vol. 3A; section 2.3). If the instruction following the MOV to SS or POP to SS instruction is an instruction like SYSCALL, SYSENTER, INT 3, etc. that transfers control to the operating system at CPL < 3, the debug exception is delivered after the transfer to CPL < 3 is complete. OS kernels may not expect this order of events and may therefore experience unexpected behavior when it occurs.
    (CVE-2018-8897)

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 Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2018-4219.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(180819);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/09/08");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-8897");

  script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2018-4219)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
ELSA-2018-4219 advisory.

  - A statement in the System Programming Guide of the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's
    Manual (SDM) was mishandled in the development of some or all operating-system kernels, resulting in
    unexpected behavior for #DB exceptions that are deferred by MOV SS or POP SS, as demonstrated by (for
    example) privilege escalation in Windows, macOS, some Xen configurations, or FreeBSD, or a Linux kernel
    crash. The MOV to SS and POP SS instructions inhibit interrupts (including NMIs), data breakpoints, and
    single step trap exceptions until the instruction boundary following the next instruction (SDM Vol. 3A;
    section 6.8.3). (The inhibited data breakpoints are those on memory accessed by the MOV to SS or POP to SS
    instruction itself.) Note that debug exceptions are not inhibited by the interrupt enable (EFLAGS.IF)
    system flag (SDM Vol. 3A; section 2.3). If the instruction following the MOV to SS or POP to SS
    instruction is an instruction like SYSCALL, SYSENTER, INT 3, etc. that transfers control to the operating
    system at CPL < 3, the debug exception is delivered after the transfer to CPL < 3 is complete. OS kernels
    may not expect this order of events and may therefore experience unexpected behavior when it occurs.
    (CVE-2018-8897)

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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-4219.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-8897");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Microsoft Windows POP/MOV SS Local Privilege Elevation Vulnerability');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/04/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/09/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/09/07");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-PAE");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-PAE-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5PAE");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5debug");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5xen");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5PAE");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5debug");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5xen");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl", "ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/local_checks_enabled");

  exit(0);
}


include('ksplice.inc');
include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/OracleLinux')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux');
var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux) .*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Oracle Linux');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux 5', 'Oracle Linux ' + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

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, 'Oracle Linux', cpu);

var machine_uptrack_level = get_one_kb_item('Host/uptrack-uname-r');
if (machine_uptrack_level)
{
  var trimmed_uptrack_level = ereg_replace(string:machine_uptrack_level, pattern:"\.(x86_64|i[3-6]86|aarch64)$", replace:'');
  var fixed_uptrack_levels = ['2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5'];
  foreach var fixed_uptrack_level ( fixed_uptrack_levels ) {
    if (rpm_spec_vers_cmp(a:trimmed_uptrack_level, b:fixed_uptrack_level) >= 0)
    {
      audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for ELSA-2018-4219');
    }
  }
  __rpm_report = 'Running KSplice level of ' + trimmed_uptrack_level + ' does not meet the minimum fixed level of ' + join(fixed_uptrack_levels, sep:' / ') + ' for this advisory.\n\n';
}

var kernel_major_minor = get_kb_item('Host/uname/major_minor');
if (empty_or_null(kernel_major_minor)) exit(1, 'Unable to determine kernel major-minor level.');
var expected_kernel_major_minor = '2.6';
if (kernel_major_minor != expected_kernel_major_minor)
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'running kernel level ' + expected_kernel_major_minor + ', it is running kernel level ' + kernel_major_minor);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'kernel-headers-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5', 'cpu':'i386', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-headers-2.6.18'},
    {'reference':'kernel-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-2.6.18'},
    {'reference':'kernel-PAE-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-PAE-2.6.18'},
    {'reference':'kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18'},
    {'reference':'kernel-debug-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-debug-2.6.18'},
    {'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18'},
    {'reference':'kernel-devel-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-devel-2.6.18'},
    {'reference':'kernel-xen-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-xen-2.6.18'},
    {'reference':'kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18'},
    {'reference':'ocfs2-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5-1.4.11-1.el5', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ocfs2-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5PAE-1.4.11-1.el5', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ocfs2-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5debug-1.4.11-1.el5', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ocfs2-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5xen-1.4.11-1.el5', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'oracleasm-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5-2.0.5-2.el5', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'oracleasm-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5PAE-2.0.5-2.el5', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'oracleasm-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5debug-2.0.5-2.el5', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'oracleasm-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5xen-2.0.5-2.el5', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-2.6.18'},
    {'reference':'kernel-debug-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-debug-2.6.18'},
    {'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18'},
    {'reference':'kernel-devel-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-devel-2.6.18'},
    {'reference':'kernel-headers-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-headers-2.6.18'},
    {'reference':'kernel-xen-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-xen-2.6.18'},
    {'reference':'kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18'},
    {'reference':'ocfs2-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5-1.4.11-1.el5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ocfs2-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5debug-1.4.11-1.el5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ocfs2-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5xen-1.4.11-1.el5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'oracleasm-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5-2.0.5-2.el5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'oracleasm-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5debug-2.0.5-2.el5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'oracleasm-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5xen-2.0.5-2.el5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = 'EL' + package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (reference && _release) {
    if (exists_check) {
        if (rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check) && rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
    } else {
        if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
    }
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'kernel / kernel-PAE / kernel-PAE-devel / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
oraclelinuxkernel-debugp-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug
oraclelinuxocfs2-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5paep-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5pae
oraclelinuxkernel-xen-develp-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-xen-devel
oraclelinuxoracleasm-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5paep-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:oracleasm-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5pae
oraclelinuxkernelp-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel
oraclelinuxkernel-develp-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel
oraclelinuxocfs2-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ocfs2-2.6.18-419.0.0.0.11.el5
oraclelinux5cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5
oraclelinuxkernel-paep-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-pae
oraclelinuxkernel-debug-develp-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel
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