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Oracle Linux 8 : linux-firmware (ELSA-2023-7109)

2023-11-2100:00:00
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oracle linux 8
vulnerability
side-channel attack
amd cpus
information disclosure
elsa-2023-7109
cve-2023-20569
speculative execution

4.7 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.6%

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-7109 advisory.

  • A side channel vulnerability on some of the AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled?address, potentially leading to information disclosure. (CVE-2023-20569)

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-2023-7109.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(186117);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/11/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-20569");

  script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 8 : linux-firmware (ELSA-2023-7109)");

  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-2023-7109 advisory.

  - A side channel vulnerability on some of the AMD CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address
    prediction. This may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled?address, potentially
    leading to information disclosure. (CVE-2023-20569)

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-2023-7109.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-20569");

  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:"2023/08/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/11/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/11/21");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:23.1.8.0.0::ol8");
  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:8:9:baseos_base");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl100-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl1000-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl105-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl135-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl2000-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl2030-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl3160-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl3945-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl4965-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl5000-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl5150-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl6000-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl6000g2a-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl6000g2b-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl6050-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl7260-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwlax2xx-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libertas-sd8686-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libertas-sd8787-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libertas-usb8388-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libertas-usb8388-olpc-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:linux-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:linux-firmware-core");
  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':'iwl100-firmware-39.31.5.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl1000-firmware-39.31.5.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl105-firmware-18.168.6.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl135-firmware-18.168.6.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl2000-firmware-18.168.6.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl2030-firmware-18.168.6.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl3160-firmware-25.30.13.0-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl3945-firmware-15.32.2.9-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl4965-firmware-228.61.2.24-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl5000-firmware-8.83.5.1_1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl5150-firmware-8.24.2.2-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl6000-firmware-9.221.4.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl6000g2a-firmware-18.168.6.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl6000g2b-firmware-18.168.6.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl6050-firmware-41.28.5.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl7260-firmware-25.30.13.0-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwlax2xx-firmware-20230516-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'libertas-sd8686-firmware-20230516-999.27.git6c9e0ed5.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'libertas-sd8787-firmware-20230516-999.27.git6c9e0ed5.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'libertas-usb8388-firmware-20230516-999.27.git6c9e0ed5.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'libertas-usb8388-olpc-firmware-20230516-999.27.git6c9e0ed5.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'linux-firmware-20230516-999.27.git6c9e0ed5.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'linux-firmware-core-20230516-999.27.git6c9e0ed5.el8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl100-firmware-39.31.5.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl1000-firmware-39.31.5.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl105-firmware-18.168.6.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl135-firmware-18.168.6.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl2000-firmware-18.168.6.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl2030-firmware-18.168.6.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl3160-firmware-25.30.13.0-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl3945-firmware-15.32.2.9-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl4965-firmware-228.61.2.24-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl5000-firmware-8.83.5.1_1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl5150-firmware-8.24.2.2-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl6000-firmware-9.221.4.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl6000g2a-firmware-18.168.6.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl6000g2b-firmware-18.168.6.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl6050-firmware-41.28.5.1-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwl7260-firmware-25.30.13.0-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'iwlax2xx-firmware-20230516-999.27.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'libertas-sd8686-firmware-20230516-999.27.git6c9e0ed5.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'libertas-sd8787-firmware-20230516-999.27.git6c9e0ed5.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'libertas-usb8388-firmware-20230516-999.27.git6c9e0ed5.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'libertas-usb8388-olpc-firmware-20230516-999.27.git6c9e0ed5.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'linux-firmware-20230516-999.27.git6c9e0ed5.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'},
    {'reference':'linux-firmware-core-20230516-999.27.git6c9e0ed5.el8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'999'}
];

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_NOTE,
      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, 'iwl100-firmware / iwl1000-firmware / iwl105-firmware / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
oraclelinux8cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest
oraclelinuxlinux-firmwarep-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:linux-firmware
oraclelinuxiwl4965-firmwarep-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl4965-firmware
oraclelinux8cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8
oraclelinuxiwl3945-firmwarep-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl3945-firmware
oraclelinux8cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:8:baseos_patch
oraclelinuxiwl1000-firmwarep-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl1000-firmware
oraclelinuxiwl2000-firmwarep-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl2000-firmware
oraclelinuxiwl5000-firmwarep-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:iwl5000-firmware
oraclelinuxlibertas-usb8388-firmwarep-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libertas-usb8388-firmware
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1-10 of 281

4.7 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.6%