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Oracle Linux 8 : systemd (ELSA-2023-3837)

2023-07-2000:00:00
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oracle linux 8
systemd vulnerability
local privilege escalation
elsa-2023-3837 advisory
sudo configurations
cve-2023-26604

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.2%

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-3837 advisory.

  • systemd before 247 does not adequately block local privilege escalation for some Sudo configurations, e.g., plausible sudoers files in which the systemctl status command may be executed. Specifically, systemd does not set LESSSECURE to 1, and thus other programs may be launched from the less program. This presents a substantial security risk when running systemctl from Sudo, because less executes as root when the terminal size is too small to show the complete systemctl output. (CVE-2023-26604)

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-2023-3837.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(178686);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/07/20");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-26604");

  script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 8 : systemd (ELSA-2023-3837)");

  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 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
ELSA-2023-3837 advisory.

  - systemd before 247 does not adequately block local privilege escalation for some Sudo configurations,
    e.g., plausible sudoers files in which the systemctl status command may be executed. Specifically,
    systemd does not set LESSSECURE to 1, and thus other programs may be launched from the less program. This
    presents a substantial security risk when running systemctl from Sudo, because less executes as root when
    the terminal size is too small to show the complete systemctl output. (CVE-2023-26604)

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-2023-3837.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/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:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-26604");

  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:"2023/03/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/07/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/07/20");

  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:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:8:baseos_patch");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-container");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-journal-remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-pam");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-tests");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-udev");
  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("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/local_checks_enabled");

  exit(0);
}


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:"^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 pkgs = [
    {'reference':'systemd-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-container-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-devel-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-journal-remote-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-libs-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-pam-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-tests-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-udev-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-container-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-devel-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-libs-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-container-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-devel-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-journal-remote-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-libs-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-pam-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-tests-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-udev-239-74.0.4.el8_8.2', '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_WARNING,
      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, 'systemd / systemd-container / systemd-devel / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
oraclelinux8cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8
oraclelinux8cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:8:baseos_patch
oraclelinux8cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest
oraclelinuxsystemdp-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd
oraclelinuxsystemd-containerp-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-container
oraclelinuxsystemd-develp-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-devel
oraclelinuxsystemd-journal-remotep-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-journal-remote
oraclelinuxsystemd-libsp-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-libs
oraclelinuxsystemd-pamp-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-pam
oraclelinuxsystemd-testsp-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:systemd-tests
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7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.2%