RHEL 6 : wpa_supplicant,_hostapd (Unpatched Vulnerability)
🗓️ 11 May 2024 00:00:00Reported by This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.Type
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 45 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hostapd -- multiple vulnerabilities | 3 May 201600:00 | – | freebsd | |
| hostapd and wpa_supplicant -- psk configuration parameter update allowing arbitrary data to be written | 2 May 201600:00 | – | freebsd | |
| CVE-2016-4476 | 9 May 201610:00 | – | alpinelinux | |
| [ASA-201610-3] hostapd: multiple issues | 4 Oct 201600:00 | – | archlinux | |
| [ASA-201610-7] wpa_supplicant: multiple issues | 8 Oct 201600:00 | – | archlinux | |
| wpa_supplicant and hostapd denial of service vulnerabilities | 6 May 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2016-4476 | 9 May 201610:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-4476 | 9 May 201610:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 473-1] wpa security update | 14 May 201621:19 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2016-4476 | 9 May 201610:00 | – | debiancve |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory wpa_supplicant,_hostapd. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(196560);
script_version("1.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/05/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-4476");
script_name(english:"RHEL 6 : wpa_supplicant,_hostapd (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.
- wpa_supplicant, hostapd: denial of service via crafted WPA/WPA2 passphrase parameter (CVE-2016-4476)
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: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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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-2016-4476");
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:"2016/05/02");
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:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wpa_supplicant");
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':'wpa_supplicant', 'release':'6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'unpatched_pkg':'wpa_supplicant'}
]
}
];
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_WARNING,
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, 'wpa_supplicant');
}
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11 May 2024 00:00Current
7.5High risk
Vulners AI Score7.5
EPSS0.02858