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HistoryDec 22, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

Scientific Linux Security Update : grub2 on SL7.x x86_64 (20151215)

2015-12-2200:00:00
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A flaw was found in the way the grub2 handled backspace characters entered in username and password prompts. An attacker with access to the system console could use this flaw to bypass grub2 password protection and gain administrative access to the system.
(CVE-2015-8370)

This update also fixes the following bug :

  • When upgrading from Scientific Linux 7.1 and earlier, a configured boot password was not correctly migrated to the newly introduced user.cfg configuration files. This could possibly prevent system administrators from changing grub2 configuration during system boot even if they provided the correct password. This update corrects the password migration script and the incorrectly generated user.cfg file.
#%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(87586);
  script_version("2.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8370");

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : grub2 on SL7.x x86_64 (20151215)");
  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:
"A flaw was found in the way the grub2 handled backspace characters
entered in username and password prompts. An attacker with access to
the system console could use this flaw to bypass grub2 password
protection and gain administrative access to the system.
(CVE-2015-8370)

This update also fixes the following bug :

  - When upgrading from Scientific Linux 7.1 and earlier, a
    configured boot password was not correctly migrated to
    the newly introduced user.cfg configuration files. This
    could possibly prevent system administrators from
    changing grub2 configuration during system boot even if
    they provided the correct password. This update corrects
    the password migration script and the incorrectly
    generated user.cfg file."
  );
  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1512&L=scientific-linux-errata&F=&S=&P=19156
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f6aaca9d"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:grub2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:grub2-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:grub2-efi");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:grub2-efi-modules");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:grub2-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/12/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/12/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/12/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2021 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:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Scientific Linux 7.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);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"grub2-2.02-0.33.el7_2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"grub2-debuginfo-2.02-0.33.el7_2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"grub2-efi-2.02-0.33.el7_2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"grub2-efi-modules-2.02-0.33.el7_2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"grub2-tools-2.02-0.33.el7_2")) 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, "grub2 / grub2-debuginfo / grub2-efi / grub2-efi-modules / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
fermilabscientific_linuxgrub2p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:grub2
fermilabscientific_linuxgrub2-debuginfop-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:grub2-debuginfo
fermilabscientific_linuxgrub2-efip-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:grub2-efi
fermilabscientific_linuxgrub2-efi-modulesp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:grub2-efi-modules
fermilabscientific_linuxgrub2-toolsp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:grub2-tools
fermilabscientific_linuxx-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux