The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0189-1 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-2022:0189-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(157075);
script_version("1.14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/07/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-4034");
script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2022:0189-1");
script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2022/07/18");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2022-A-0055");
script_name(english:"SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : polkit (SUSE-SU-2022:0189-1)");
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 SLED12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0189-1 advisory.
- A local privilege escalation vulnerability was found on polkit's pkexec utility. The pkexec application is
a setuid tool designed to allow unprivileged users to run commands as privileged users according
predefined policies. The current version of pkexec doesn't handle the calling parameters count correctly
and ends trying to execute environment variables as commands. An attacker can leverage this by crafting
environment variables in such a way it'll induce pkexec to execute arbitrary code. When successfully
executed the attack can cause a local privilege escalation given unprivileged users administrative rights
on the target machine. (CVE-2021-4034)
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/1194568");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4034");
# https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2022-January/010074.html
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8ebd3d4d");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/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:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-4034");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Local Privilege Escalation in polkits pkexec');
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:"CANVAS");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/01/25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/01/25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/01/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpolkit0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpolkit0-32bit");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:polkit");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:polkit-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2022-2023 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:"^(SLED12|SLES12|SLES_SAP12)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12', 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')');
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && '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 == "SLED12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED12 SP5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(2|3|4|5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES12 SP2/3/4/5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES_SAP12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(3|4|5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES_SAP12 SP3/4/5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'libpolkit0-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12.3']},
{'reference':'polkit-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12.3']},
{'reference':'typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12.3']},
{'reference':'libpolkit0-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12.4']},
{'reference':'polkit-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12.4']},
{'reference':'typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'4', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12.4']},
{'reference':'libpolkit0-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
{'reference':'polkit-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
{'reference':'typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
{'reference':'polkit-devel-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-sdk-release-12.5']},
{'reference':'polkit-devel-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-sdk-release-12.5']},
{'reference':'libpolkit0-32bit-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLED12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-we-release-12.5']},
{'reference':'libpolkit0-32bit-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-we-release-12.5']},
{'reference':'libpolkit0-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.2']},
{'reference':'polkit-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.2']},
{'reference':'typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.2']},
{'reference':'libpolkit0-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.3']},
{'reference':'libpolkit0-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.3']},
{'reference':'polkit-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.3']},
{'reference':'polkit-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.3']},
{'reference':'typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.3']},
{'reference':'typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.3']},
{'reference':'libpolkit0-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.4']},
{'reference':'polkit-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.4']},
{'reference':'typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.4']},
{'reference':'libpolkit0-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.5']},
{'reference':'polkit-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.5']},
{'reference':'typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-0.113-5.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.5']}
];
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_HOLE,
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, 'libpolkit0 / libpolkit0-32bit / polkit / polkit-devel / etc');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
novell | suse_linux | libpolkit0 | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpolkit0 |
novell | suse_linux | libpolkit0-32bit | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpolkit0-32bit |
novell | suse_linux | polkit | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:polkit |
novell | suse_linux | polkit-devel | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:polkit-devel |
novell | suse_linux | typelib-1_0-polkit-1_0 | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-polkit-1_0 |
novell | suse_linux | 12 | cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12 |