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RHEL 6 : erlang (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 has unpatched vulnerability in erlang, allowing heap-buffer overflow via regular expressions (CVE-2016-10253)

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Family
IBM Security Bulletins
Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in erlang affect PowerKVM
18 Jun 201801:42
ibm
CNVD
Erlang/OTP Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
24 Mar 201700:00
cnvd
CVE
CVE-2016-10253
18 Mar 201720:10
cve
Cvelist
CVE-2016-10253
18 Mar 201720:10
cvelist
Debian CVE
CVE-2016-10253
18 Mar 201720:10
debiancve
EUVD
EUVD-2016-1438
7 Oct 202500:30
euvd
Fedora
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: erlang-19.3-2.fc25
31 Mar 201702:24
fedora
Fedora
[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: erlang-19.3-2.fc26
1 Apr 201718:09
fedora
Fedora
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: erlang-18.3.4.5-2.fc24
31 Mar 201701:19
fedora
Tenable Nessus
Fedora 25 : erlang (2017-42ebcac2b5)
3 Apr 201700:00
nessus
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory erlang. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(195541);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/05/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-10253");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 6 : erlang (Unpatched Vulnerability)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat 6 host is affected by a vulnerability that will not be patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that
has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - erlang: Heap-buffer overflow via regular expressions (CVE-2016-10253)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package
is installed.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"The vendor has acknowledged the vulnerability but no solution has been provided. Refer to the vendor for remediation
guidance.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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-2016-10253");

  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_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/03/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/05/11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:erlang");
  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("global_settings/vendor_unpatched"))
exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");

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: '6')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 6.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 = [
  {
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'erlang', 'release':'6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'unpatched_pkg':'erlang'}
    ]
  }
];


var flag = 0;
foreach var constraint_array ( constraints ) {
  var repo_relative_urls = NULL;
  var enterprise_linux_flag = rhel_repo_urls_has_content_dist_rhel(repo_urls:repo_relative_urls);
  foreach var pkg ( constraint_array['pkgs'] ) {
    var unpatched_pkg = NULL;
    var _release = NULL;
    var sp = NULL;
    var el_string = NULL;
    var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    var exists_check = NULL;
    var cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['unpatched_pkg'])) unpatched_pkg = pkg['unpatched_pkg'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['release'])) _release = 'RHEL' + pkg['release'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (unpatched_pkg &&
        _release &&
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check)) &&
        unpatched_package_exists(release:_release, package:unpatched_pkg, cves: cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = NULL;
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : unpatched_packages_report()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'erlang');
}

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