Security Fix(es) :
A flaw was found in the implementation of the ‘fill buffer’, a mechanism used by modern CPUs when a cache-miss is made on L1 CPU cache. If an attacker can generate a load operation that would create a page fault, the execution will continue speculatively with incorrect data from the fill buffer while the data is fetched from higher level caches. This response time can be measured to infer data in the fill buffer.
(CVE-2018-12130)
Modern Intel microprocessors implement hardware-level micro- optimizations to improve the performance of writing data back to CPU caches. The write operation is split into STA (STore Address) and STD (STore Data) sub-operations. These sub-operations allow the processor to hand-off address generation logic into these sub-operations for optimized writes. Both of these sub-operations write to a shared distributed processor structure called the ‘processor store buffer’. As a result, an unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to read private data resident within the CPU’s processor store buffer. (CVE-2018-12126)
Microprocessors use a load port subcomponent to perform load operations from memory or IO. During a load operation, the load port receives data from the memory or IO subsystem and then provides the data to the CPU registers and operations in the CPUs pipelines. Stale load operations results are stored in the ‘load port’ table until overwritten by newer operations. Certain load-port operations triggered by an attacker can be used to reveal data about previous stale requests leaking data back to the attacker via a timing side-channel. (CVE-2018-12127)
Uncacheable memory on some microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side channel with local access. (CVE-2019-11091)
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(125207);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/02/24");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-12126", "CVE-2018-12127", "CVE-2018-12130", "CVE-2019-11091");
script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : qemu-kvm on SL7.x x86_64 (20190514) (MDSUM/RIDL) (MFBDS/RIDL/ZombieLoad) (MLPDS/RIDL) (MSBDS/Fallout)");
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) :
- A flaw was found in the implementation of the 'fill
buffer', a mechanism used by modern CPUs when a
cache-miss is made on L1 CPU cache. If an attacker can
generate a load operation that would create a page
fault, the execution will continue speculatively with
incorrect data from the fill buffer while the data is
fetched from higher level caches. This response time can
be measured to infer data in the fill buffer.
(CVE-2018-12130)
- Modern Intel microprocessors implement hardware-level
micro- optimizations to improve the performance of
writing data back to CPU caches. The write operation is
split into STA (STore Address) and STD (STore Data)
sub-operations. These sub-operations allow the processor
to hand-off address generation logic into these
sub-operations for optimized writes. Both of these
sub-operations write to a shared distributed processor
structure called the 'processor store buffer'. As a
result, an unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to
read private data resident within the CPU's processor
store buffer. (CVE-2018-12126)
- Microprocessors use a load port subcomponent to perform
load operations from memory or IO. During a load
operation, the load port receives data from the memory
or IO subsystem and then provides the data to the CPU
registers and operations in the CPUs pipelines. Stale
load operations results are stored in the 'load port'
table until overwritten by newer operations. Certain
load-port operations triggered by an attacker can be
used to reveal data about previous stale requests
leaking data back to the attacker via a timing
side-channel. (CVE-2018-12127)
- Uncacheable memory on some microprocessors utilizing
speculative execution may allow an authenticated user to
potentially enable information disclosure via a side
channel with local access. (CVE-2019-11091)"
);
# https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1905&L=SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-ERRATA&P=2951
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4873cf7e"
);
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:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-11091");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
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:"2019/05/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/05/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/05/16");
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) 2019-2020 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-1.5.3-160.el7_6.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"qemu-kvm-1.5.3-160.el7_6.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"qemu-kvm-common-1.5.3-160.el7_6.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"qemu-kvm-debuginfo-1.5.3-160.el7_6.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"qemu-kvm-tools-1.5.3-160.el7_6.2")) 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, "qemu-img / qemu-kvm / qemu-kvm-common / qemu-kvm-debuginfo / etc");
}