The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5298 advisory.
GNOME Shell acts as a compositing manager for the desktop, and displays both application windows and other objects. It provides core interface functions like switching windows, launching applications, and notifications. It takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts.
Security Fix(es):
* gnome-shell: code execution in portal helper (CVE-2024-36472)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
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-2024:5298. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(205501);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-36472");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2024:5298");
script_name(english:"RHEL 8 : gnome-shell (RHSA-2024:5298)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for gnome-shell.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the RHSA-2024:5298 advisory.
GNOME Shell acts as a compositing manager for the desktop, and displays both application windows and other
objects. It provides core interface functions like switching windows, launching applications, and
notifications. It takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces
innovative user interface concepts.
Security Fix(es):
* gnome-shell: code execution in portal helper (CVE-2024-36472)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and
other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
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://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2283750");
# https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_5298.json
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?796ed627");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5298");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL gnome-shell package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:5298.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-36472");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(83);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Moderate");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/05/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/08/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/08/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-shell");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 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: '8')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 8.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/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/s390x/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/s390x/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/appstream/debug',
'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/appstream/os',
'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS'
],
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'gnome-shell-3.32.2-56.el8_10', 'release':'8', '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_WARNING,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'gnome-shell');
}