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RHEL 9 : procps-ng (RHSA-2023:6705)

2023-11-0700:00:00
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red hat enterprise linux 9
procps-ng
procps-ng-devel
procps-ng-i18n
vulnerability
rhsa-2023:6705
cve-2023-4016
process heap
security update

3.3 Low

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

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

5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.2%

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6705 advisory.

  • procps: ps buffer overflow (CVE-2023-4016)

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 Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:6705. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(185151);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/04/28");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-4016");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0434");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2023:6705");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 9 : procps-ng (RHSA-2023:6705)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for procps-ng.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the RHSA-2023:6705 advisory.

  - procps: ps buffer overflow (CVE-2023-4016)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.3_release_notes/index
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?619e5320");
  # https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_6705.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c50fc56a");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222056");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228494");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6705");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL procps-ng package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:6705.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-4016");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(787);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Low");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/08/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/11/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/11/07");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:procps-ng");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:procps-ng-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:procps-ng-i18n");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

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

  exit(0);
}


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

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_ver, rhel_version: '9')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 9.x', 'Red Hat ' + 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$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/ppc64le/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/ppc64le/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/ppc64le/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/codeready-builder/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/codeready-builder/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/codeready-builder/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'procps-ng-3.3.17-13.el9', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'procps-ng-devel-3.3.17-13.el9', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'procps-ng-i18n-3.3.17-13.el9', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var flag = 0;
foreach var constraint_array ( constraints ) {
  var repo_relative_urls = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'];
  foreach var pkg ( constraint_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;
    var cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['release'])) _release = 'RHEL' + pkg['release'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        _release &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || 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, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'procps-ng / procps-ng-devel / procps-ng-i18n');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
redhatenterprise_linux9cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
redhatenterprise_linuxprocps-ngp-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:procps-ng
redhatenterprise_linuxprocps-ng-develp-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:procps-ng-devel
redhatenterprise_linuxprocps-ng-i18np-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:procps-ng-i18n

3.3 Low

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

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

5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.2%