CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
69.7%
The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3643-1 advisory.
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-2021:3643-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(155005);
script_version("1.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/07/13");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-20294");
script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2021:3643-1");
script_name(english:"SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : binutils (SUSE-SU-2021:3643-1)");
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 SLED15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3643-1 advisory.
- A flaw was found in binutils readelf 2.35 program. An attacker who is able to convince a victim using
readelf to read a crafted file could trigger a stack buffer overflow, out-of-bounds write of arbitrary
data supplied by the attacker. The highest impact of this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and
availability. (CVE-2021-20294)
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/1183909");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184519");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188941");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1191473");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1192267");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20294");
# https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-November/009711.html
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d41ac3a4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected 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:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-20294");
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:"2021/04/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/11/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/11/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:binutils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:binutils-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:binutils-devel-32bit");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:binutils-gold");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libctf-nobfd0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libctf0");
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:"^(SLED15|SLES15|SLES_SAP15)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15', 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')');
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && '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 == "SLED15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(2|3)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED15 SP2/3", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(1|2|3)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP1/2/3", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES_SAP15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(1)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES_SAP15 SP1", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'binutils-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-32bit-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'libctf-nobfd0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'libctf0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'binutils-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-1']},
{'reference':'binutils-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-1', 'sles-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-1']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-1', 'sles-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-32bit-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-1', 'sles-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'libctf-nobfd0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-1']},
{'reference':'libctf-nobfd0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-1', 'sles-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'libctf0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-1']},
{'reference':'libctf0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-1', 'sles-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'binutils-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'binutils-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-32bit-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.1', 'sles-ltss-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'libctf-nobfd0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'libctf-nobfd0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'libctf0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'libctf0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'binutils-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'binutils-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'libctf-nobfd0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'libctf-nobfd0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'libctf0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'libctf0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'binutils-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'binutils-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'libctf-nobfd0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'libctf-nobfd0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'libctf0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'libctf0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-32bit-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-development-tools-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-32bit-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-development-tools-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-32bit-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-development-tools-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-32bit-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-development-tools-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'binutils-gold-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-packagehub-subpackages-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'binutils-gold-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-packagehub-subpackages-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'binutils-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'binutils-devel-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'libctf-nobfd0-2.37-7.26.1', 'sp':'1', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'libctf0-2.37-7.26.1', '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, 'binutils / binutils-devel / binutils-devel-32bit / binutils-gold / etc');
}
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
69.7%