This update fixes the following security issues :
It was found that the Xen hypervisor implementation did not perform range checking on the guest provided values in multiple hypercalls. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to trigger long loops, leading to a denial of service (Xen hypervisor hang). (CVE-2012-5515, Moderate)
It was found that when running a 32-bit binary that uses a large number of shared libraries, one of the libraries would always be loaded at a predictable address in memory. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass the Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) security feature. (CVE-2012-1568, Low)
A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel’s IPv6 implementation handled overlapping, fragmented IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to bypass protection mechanisms (such as a firewall or intrusion detection system (IDS)) when sending network packets to a target system. (CVE-2012-4444, Low)
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(63677);
script_version("1.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1568", "CVE-2012-4444", "CVE-2012-5515");
script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20130122)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"This update fixes the following security issues :
- It was found that the Xen hypervisor implementation did
not perform range checking on the guest provided values
in multiple hypercalls. A privileged guest user could
use this flaw to trigger long loops, leading to a denial
of service (Xen hypervisor hang). (CVE-2012-5515,
Moderate)
- It was found that when running a 32-bit binary that uses
a large number of shared libraries, one of the libraries
would always be loaded at a predictable address in
memory. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass the
Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) security
feature. (CVE-2012-1568, Low)
- A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's IPv6
implementation handled overlapping, fragmented IPv6
packets. A remote attacker could potentially use this
flaw to bypass protection mechanisms (such as a firewall
or intrusion detection system (IDS)) when sending
network packets to a target system. (CVE-2012-4444, Low)
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect."
);
# https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1301&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=3081
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2ca970a1"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-PAE");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-PAE-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-PAE-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-debug");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-debug-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-debug-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-debuginfo-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-headers");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-xen");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-xen-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-xen-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/12/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/01/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/01/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Scientific Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Scientific Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Scientific Linux 5.x", "Scientific Linux " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-PAE-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-debug-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-devel-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-doc-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-headers-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-xen-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-348.1.1.el5")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "kernel / kernel-PAE / kernel-PAE-debuginfo / kernel-PAE-devel / etc");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
fermilab | scientific_linux | kernel | p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel |
fermilab | scientific_linux | kernel-pae | p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-pae |
fermilab | scientific_linux | kernel-pae-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-pae-debuginfo |
fermilab | scientific_linux | kernel-pae-devel | p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-pae-devel |
fermilab | scientific_linux | kernel-debug | p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-debug |
fermilab | scientific_linux | kernel-debug-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-debug-debuginfo |
fermilab | scientific_linux | kernel-debug-devel | p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-debug-devel |
fermilab | scientific_linux | kernel-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-debuginfo |
fermilab | scientific_linux | kernel-debuginfo-common | p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-debuginfo-common |
fermilab | scientific_linux | kernel-devel | p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kernel-devel |