The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-1479 advisory.
In the Linux kernel before 4.20.14, expand_downwards in mm/mmap.c lacks a check for the mmap minimum address, which makes it easier for attackers to exploit kernel NULL pointer dereferences on non-SMAP platforms. This is related to a capability check for the wrong task. (CVE-2019-9213)
Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_gso_segs value was subject to an integer overflow in the Linux kernel when handling TCP Selective Acknowledgments (SACKs). A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This has been fixed in stable kernel releases 4.4.182, 4.9.182, 4.14.127, 4.19.52, 5.1.11, and is fixed in commit 3b4929f65b0d8249f19a50245cd88ed1a2f78cff. (CVE-2019-11477)
Jonathan Looney discovered that the Linux kernel default MSS is hard-coded to 48 bytes. This allows a remote peer to fragment TCP resend queues significantly more than if a larger MSS were enforced. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This has been fixed in stable kernel releases 4.4.182, 4.9.182, 4.14.127, 4.19.52, 5.1.11, and is fixed in commits 967c05aee439e6e5d7d805e195b3a20ef5c433d6 and 5f3e2bf008c2221478101ee72f5cb4654b9fc363. (CVE-2019-11479)
Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP retransmission queue implementation in tcp_fragment in the Linux kernel could be fragmented when handling certain TCP Selective Acknowledgment (SACK) sequences. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This has been fixed in stable kernel releases 4.4.182, 4.9.182, 4.14.127, 4.19.52, 5.1.11, and is fixed in commit f070ef2ac66716357066b683fb0baf55f8191a2e. (CVE-2019-11478)
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 70300
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2019-1479.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(127590);
script_version("1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/12/06");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2019-9213",
"CVE-2019-11477",
"CVE-2019-11478",
"CVE-2019-11479"
);
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2019:1479");
script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2019-0456");
script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2019-1479)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
ELSA-2019-1479 advisory.
- In the Linux kernel before 4.20.14, expand_downwards in mm/mmap.c lacks a check for the mmap minimum
address, which makes it easier for attackers to exploit kernel NULL pointer dereferences on non-SMAP
platforms. This is related to a capability check for the wrong task. (CVE-2019-9213)
- Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_gso_segs value was subject to an integer overflow
in the Linux kernel when handling TCP Selective Acknowledgments (SACKs). A remote attacker could use this
to cause a denial of service. This has been fixed in stable kernel releases 4.4.182, 4.9.182, 4.14.127,
4.19.52, 5.1.11, and is fixed in commit 3b4929f65b0d8249f19a50245cd88ed1a2f78cff. (CVE-2019-11477)
- Jonathan Looney discovered that the Linux kernel default MSS is hard-coded to 48 bytes. This allows a
remote peer to fragment TCP resend queues significantly more than if a larger MSS were enforced. A remote
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This has been fixed in stable kernel releases
4.4.182, 4.9.182, 4.14.127, 4.19.52, 5.1.11, and is fixed in commits
967c05aee439e6e5d7d805e195b3a20ef5c433d6 and 5f3e2bf008c2221478101ee72f5cb4654b9fc363. (CVE-2019-11479)
- Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP retransmission queue implementation in tcp_fragment in the Linux
kernel could be fragmented when handling certain TCP Selective Acknowledgment (SACK) sequences. A remote
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This has been fixed in stable kernel releases
4.4.182, 4.9.182, 4.14.127, 4.19.52, 5.1.11, and is fixed in commit
f070ef2ac66716357066b683fb0baf55f8191a2e. (CVE-2019-11478)
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-2019-1479.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
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:F/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:F/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-11477");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) rds_atomic_free_op NULL pointer dereference Privilege Escalation');
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/03/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/07/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/08/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers");
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-core");
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-debug-modules");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra");
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-modules");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-modules-extra");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-perf");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2022 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('audit.inc');
include('global_settings.inc');
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 release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux) .*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Oracle Linux');
var os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^8([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux 8', 'Oracle Linux ' + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && '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 = ['4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0'];
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-2019-1479');
}
}
__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 = '4.18';
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':'bpftool-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'kernel-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'kernel-abi-whitelists-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-abi-whitelists-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'kernel-core-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-core-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'kernel-debug-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-debug-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-debug-core-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'kernel-devel-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-devel-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'kernel-headers-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-headers-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'kernel-modules-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-modules-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'kernel-tools-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-tools-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0'},
{'reference':'perf-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'python3-perf-4.18.0-80.4.2.el8_0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', '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, 'bpftool / kernel / kernel-abi-whitelists / etc');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
oracle | linux | 8 | cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8 |
oracle | linux | bpftool | p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bpftool |
oracle | linux | kernel | p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel |
oracle | linux | kernel-abi-whitelists | p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists |
oracle | linux | kernel-core | p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-core |
oracle | linux | kernel-cross-headers | p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-cross-headers |
oracle | linux | kernel-debug | p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug |
oracle | linux | kernel-debug-core | p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-core |
oracle | linux | kernel-debug-devel | p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel |
oracle | linux | kernel-debug-modules | p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-modules |