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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : xerces-c (SUSE-SU-2021:2920-1)

2021-09-0400:00:00
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The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2920-1 advisory.

  • The Apache Xerces-C 3.0.0 to 3.2.3 XML parser contains a use-after-free error triggered during the scanning of external DTDs. This flaw has not been addressed in the maintained version of the library and has no current mitigation other than to disable DTD processing. This can be accomplished via the DOM using a standard parser feature, or via SAX using the XERCES_DISABLE_DTD environment variable. (CVE-2018-1311)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2021:2920-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(153018);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/07/13");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-1311");
  script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2021:2920-1");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLES15 Security Update : xerces-c (SUSE-SU-2021:2920-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced
in the SUSE-SU-2021:2920-1 advisory.

  - The Apache Xerces-C 3.0.0 to 3.2.3 XML parser contains a use-after-free error triggered during the
    scanning of external DTDs. This flaw has not been addressed in the maintained version of the library and
    has no current mitigation other than to disable DTD processing. This can be accomplished via the DOM using
    a standard parser feature, or via SAX using the XERCES_DISABLE_DTD environment variable. (CVE-2018-1311)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1159552");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1311");
  # https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-September/009385.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?73c53280");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected libxerces-c-3_1 and / or libxerces-c-devel packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-1311");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/12/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/09/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/09/04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxerces-c-3_1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxerces-c-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || os_release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)(?:_SAP)?\d+)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'SUSE');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES15|SLES_SAP15)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLES15 / SLES_SAP15', 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')');

if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/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) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')', cpu);

var service_pack = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(service_pack)) service_pack = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(0|1)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP0/1", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES_SAP15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(0|1)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES_SAP15 SP0/1", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.1']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.1']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-1']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-1', 'sles-release-15.1']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-1']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-1', 'sles-release-15.1']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'0', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-15', 'SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-15', 'SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'0', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-15', 'SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-15', 'SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'0', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-15', 'SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-15', 'SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'0', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-15', 'SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-15', 'SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.1']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.1']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.1']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.1']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'0', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-release-15']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'0', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-release-15']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'1', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-release-15.1']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-3.6.1', 'sp':'1', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-release-15.1']}
];

var ltss_caveat_required = FALSE;
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (reference && _release) {
    if (exists_check) {
      var check_flag = 0;
      foreach var check (exists_check) {
        if (!rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:check)) continue;
        if ('ltss' >< tolower(check)) ltss_caveat_required = TRUE;
        check_flag++;
      }
      if (!check_flag) continue;
    }
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var ltss_plugin_caveat = NULL;
  if(ltss_caveat_required) ltss_plugin_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to\n' +
    'packages only available in SUSE Enterprise Linux Server LTSS\n' +
    'repositories. Access to these package security updates require\n' +
    'a paid SUSE LTSS subscription.\n';
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get() + ltss_plugin_caveat
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libxerces-c-3_1 / libxerces-c-devel');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
novellsuse_linuxlibxerces-c-3_1p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxerces-c-3_1
novellsuse_linuxlibxerces-c-develp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxerces-c-devel
novellsuse_linux15cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15