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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : python-lxml (SUSE-SU-2022:2908-1)

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The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2908-1 advisory.

  • NULL Pointer Dereference allows attackers to cause a denial of service (or application crash). This only applies when lxml is used together with libxml2 2.9.10 through 2.9.14. libxml2 2.9.9 and earlier are not affected. It allows triggering crashes through forged input data, given a vulnerable code sequence in the application. The vulnerability is caused by the iterwalk function (also used by the canonicalize function). Such code shouldn’t be in wide-spread use, given that parsing + iterwalk would usually be replaced with the more efficient iterparse function. However, an XML converter that serialises to C14N would also be vulnerable, for example, and there are legitimate use cases for this code sequence. If untrusted input is received (also remotely) and processed via iterwalk function, a crash can be triggered.
    (CVE-2022-2309)

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 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2022:2908-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(164469);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/07/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-2309");
  script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2022:2908-1");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : python-lxml (SUSE-SU-2022:2908-1)");

  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 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2908-1 advisory.

  - NULL Pointer Dereference allows attackers to cause a denial of service (or application crash). This only
    applies when lxml is used together with libxml2 2.9.10 through 2.9.14. libxml2 2.9.9 and earlier are not
    affected. It allows triggering crashes through forged input data, given a vulnerable code sequence in the
    application. The vulnerability is caused by the iterwalk function (also used by the canonicalize
    function). Such code shouldn't be in wide-spread use, given that parsing + iterwalk would usually be
    replaced with the more efficient iterparse function. However, an XML converter that serialises to C14N
    would also be vulnerable, for example, and there are legitimate use cases for this code sequence. If
    untrusted input is received (also remotely) and processed via iterwalk function, a crash can be triggered.
    (CVE-2022-2309)

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/1201253");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2309");
  # https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2022-August/012000.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ecbcc373");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected python2-lxml, python2-lxml-devel, python3-lxml and / or python3-lxml-devel packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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-2022-2309");

  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:"2022/07/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/08/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/08/27");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-lxml");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-lxml-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-lxml");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-lxml-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) 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:"^(SLED15|SLED_SAP15|SLES15|SLES_SAP15)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / 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:"^(3|4)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED15 SP3/4", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLED_SAP15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(3|4)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED_SAP15 SP3/4", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(2|3|4)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP2/3/4", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES_SAP15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(2|3|4)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES_SAP15 SP2/3/4", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-2']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-2']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-2']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-2']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-2']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-2', 'sles-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-2']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-2', 'sles-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.3', 'sle-module-python2-release-15.3', 'sled-release-15.3', 'sles-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.3', 'sle-module-python2-release-15.3', 'sled-release-15.3', 'sles-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.3', 'sle-module-python2-release-15.3', 'sled-release-15.3', 'sles-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.3', 'sle-module-python2-release-15.3', 'sled-release-15.3', 'sles-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.3', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.3', 'sled-release-15.3', 'sles-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.3', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.3', 'sled-release-15.3', 'sles-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.3', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.3', 'sled-release-15.3', 'sles-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.3', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.3', 'sled-release-15.3', 'sles-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python2-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'python3-lxml-devel-4.7.1-150200.3.10.1', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-release-15.2']}
];

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, 'python2-lxml / python2-lxml-devel / python3-lxml / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
novellsuse_linuxpython2-lxmlp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-lxml
novellsuse_linuxpython2-lxml-develp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-lxml-devel
novellsuse_linuxpython3-lxmlp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-lxml
novellsuse_linuxpython3-lxml-develp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-lxml-devel
novellsuse_linux15cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15