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Scientific Linux Security Update : qemu-kvm on SL7.x x86_64 (20180626) (Spectre)

2018-06-2700:00:00
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Security Fix(es) :

  • An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions (a commonly used performance optimization). It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged code as well as the fact that memory read from address to which a recent memory write has occurred may see an older value and subsequently cause an update into the microprocessor’s data cache even for speculatively executed instructions that never actually commit (retire). As a result, an unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to read privileged memory by conducting targeted cache side-channel attacks.
    (CVE-2018-3639)

Note: This is the qemu-kvm side of the CVE-2018-3639 mitigation that includes support for guests running on hosts with AMD processors.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(110720);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/04/15");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-3639");

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : qemu-kvm on SL7.x x86_64 (20180626) (Spectre)");
  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:
"Security Fix(es) :

  - An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern
    microprocessor designs have implemented speculative
    execution of Load & Store instructions (a commonly
    used performance optimization). It relies on the
    presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in
    the privileged code as well as the fact that memory read
    from address to which a recent memory write has occurred
    may see an older value and subsequently cause an update
    into the microprocessor's data cache even for
    speculatively executed instructions that never actually
    commit (retire). As a result, an unprivileged attacker
    could use this flaw to read privileged memory by
    conducting targeted cache side-channel attacks.
    (CVE-2018-3639)

Note: This is the qemu-kvm side of the CVE-2018-3639 mitigation that
includes support for guests running on hosts with AMD processors."
  );
  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1806&L=scientific-linux-errata&F=&S=&P=5623
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9e625e81"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/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:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:qemu-img");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:qemu-kvm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:qemu-kvm-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:qemu-kvm-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:qemu-kvm-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/05/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/06/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/06/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"in_the_news", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2021 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:"qemu-img-1.5.3-156.el7_5.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"qemu-kvm-1.5.3-156.el7_5.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-156.el7_5.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-156.el7_5.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-156.el7_5.3")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
    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, "qemu-img / qemu-kvm / qemu-kvm-common / qemu-kvm-debuginfo / etc");
}