The RHEL 9 host is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability in NetworkManager-libreswan (RHSA-2024:8312)
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 54 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fedora | [SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: NetworkManager-libreswan-1.2.24-1.fc39 | 31 Oct 202401:38 | – | fedora |
Fedora | [SECURITY] Fedora 41 Update: NetworkManager-libreswan-1.2.24-1.fc41 | 26 Oct 202403:04 | – | fedora |
Fedora | [SECURITY] Fedora 40 Update: NetworkManager-libreswan-1.2.24-1.fc40 | 31 Oct 202402:15 | – | fedora |
OSV | Red Hat Security Advisory: NetworkManager-libreswan security update | 23 Oct 202413:13 | – | osv |
OSV | Red Hat Security Advisory: NetworkManager-libreswan security update | 21 Nov 202421:56 | – | osv |
OSV | Red Hat Security Advisory: NetworkManager-libreswan:1.2.14 security update | 23 Oct 202422:52 | – | osv |
OSV | Red Hat Security Advisory: NetworkManager-libreswan security update | 23 Oct 202413:12 | – | osv |
OSV | Red Hat Security Advisory: NetworkManager-libreswan security update | 23 Oct 202422:52 | – | osv |
OSV | Important: NetworkManager-libreswan security update | 13 Nov 202400:00 | – | osv |
OSV | Red Hat Security Advisory: NetworkManager-libreswan security update | 21 Nov 202421:56 | – | osv |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:8312. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(209523);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/10/22");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-9050");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2024:8312");
script_name(english:"RHEL 9 : NetworkManager-libreswan (RHSA-2024:8312)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for NetworkManager-libreswan.");
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-2024:8312 advisory.
This package contains software for integrating the libreswan VPN software
with NetworkManager and the GNOME desktop
Security Fix(es):
* NetworkManager-libreswan: Local privilege escalation via leftupdown (CVE-2024-9050)
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/#important");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2313828");
# https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_8312.json
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?59a9927d");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8312");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL NetworkManager-libreswan package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:8312.");
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:U/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:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-9050");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/10/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/10/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/10/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:NetworkManager-libreswan");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome");
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: 'eq', os_version: os_ver, rhel_version: '9.0')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 9.0', '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/e4s/rhel9/9.0/aarch64/appstream/debug',
'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/aarch64/appstream/os',
'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/ppc64le/appstream/os',
'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/s390x/appstream/debug',
'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/s390x/appstream/os',
'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/x86_64/appstream/debug',
'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/x86_64/appstream/os',
'content/e4s/rhel9/9.0/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS'
],
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'NetworkManager-libreswan-1.2.14-3.el9_0', 'sp':'0', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome-1.2.14-3.el9_0', 'sp':'0', '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 subscription_caveat = '\n' +
'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to\n' +
'packages only available in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux\n' +
'Update Services for SAP Solutions repository.\n' +
'Access to this repository requires a paid RHEL subscription.\n';
var extra = NULL;
if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
else extra = subscription_caveat + 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, 'NetworkManager-libreswan / NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome');
}
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