6.1 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
49.8%
The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3722-1 advisory.
cargo build --timings
. A malicious package included as a dependency may inject nearly arbitrary HTML here, potentially leading to cross-site scripting if the report is subsequently uploaded somewhere. The vulnerability affects users relying on dependencies from git, local paths, or alternative registries.cargo build --timings
, which produces a report of how long the different steps of the build process took. It includes lists of Cargo features for each crate. Prior to Rust 1.72, Cargo feature names were allowed to contain almost any characters (with some exceptions as used by the feature syntax), but it would produce a future incompatibility warning about them since Rust 1.49. crates.io is far more stringent about what it considers a valid feature name and has not allowed such feature names. As the feature names were included unescaped in the timings report, they could be used to inject Javascript into the page, for example with a feature name like `features = [<img src>#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2023:3722-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(181776);
script_version("1.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/09/22");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-40030");
script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2023:3722-1");
script_name(english:"SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : rust, rust1.72 (SUSE-SU-2023:3722-1)");
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 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are
affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3722-1 advisory.
- Cargo downloads a Rust project's dependencies and compiles the project. Starting in Rust 1.60.0 and prior
to 1.72, Cargo did not escape Cargo feature names when including them in the report generated by `cargo
build --timings`. A malicious package included as a dependency may inject nearly arbitrary HTML here,
potentially leading to cross-site scripting if the report is subsequently uploaded somewhere. The
vulnerability affects users relying on dependencies from git, local paths, or alternative registries.
Users who solely depend on crates.io are unaffected. Rust 1.60.0 introduced `cargo build --timings`, which
produces a report of how long the different steps of the build process took. It includes lists of Cargo
features for each crate. Prior to Rust 1.72, Cargo feature names were allowed to contain almost any
characters (with some exceptions as used by the feature syntax), but it would produce a future
incompatibility warning about them since Rust 1.49. crates.io is far more stringent about what it
considers a valid feature name and has not allowed such feature names. As the feature names were included
unescaped in the timings report, they could be used to inject Javascript into the page, for example with a
feature name like `features = [<img src='' onerror=alert(0)]`. If this report were subsequently uploaded
to a domain that uses credentials, the injected Javascript could access resources from the website
visitor. This issue was fixed in Rust 1.72 by turning the future incompatibility warning into an error.
Users should still exercise care in which package they download, by only including trusted dependencies in
their projects. Please note that even with these vulnerabilities fixed, by design Cargo allows arbitrary
code execution at build time thanks to build scripts and procedural macros: a malicious dependency will be
able to cause damage regardless of these vulnerabilities. crates.io has server-side checks preventing this
attack, and there are no packages on crates.io exploiting these vulnerabilities. crates.io users still
need to excercise care in choosing their dependencies though, as remote code execution is allowed by
design there as well. (CVE-2023-40030)
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/1214689");
# https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2023-September/031626.html
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?01077fb6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40030");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected cargo, cargo1.72, rust and / or rust1.72 packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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-2023-40030");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/08/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/09/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/09/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cargo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cargo1.72");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rust");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rust1.72");
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) 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|SUSE)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE / openSUSE");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)(?:_SAP)?\d+|SUSE([\d.]+))", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'SUSE / openSUSE');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLED15|SLED_SAP15|SLES15|SLES_SAP15|SUSE15\.4|SUSE15\.5)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15', 'SUSE / openSUSE (' + os_ver + ')');
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'SUSE / openSUSE (' + 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:"^(4|5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED15 SP4/5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLED_SAP15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED_SAP15 SP4/5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP4/5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES_SAP15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES_SAP15 SP4/5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'cargo-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
{'reference':'cargo-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
{'reference':'cargo1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
{'reference':'cargo1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
{'reference':'rust-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
{'reference':'rust-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
{'reference':'rust1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
{'reference':'rust1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
{'reference':'cargo-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'cargo-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'cargo1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'cargo1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'rust-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'rust-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'rust1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'rust1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'cargo-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.3', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.3', 'sle-module-development-tools-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4', 'suse-manager-server-release-4.3']},
{'reference':'cargo-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.3', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.3', 'sle-module-development-tools-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4', 'suse-manager-server-release-4.3']},
{'reference':'cargo1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.3', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.3', 'sle-module-development-tools-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4', 'suse-manager-server-release-4.3']},
{'reference':'cargo1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.3', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.3', 'sle-module-development-tools-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4', 'suse-manager-server-release-4.3']},
{'reference':'rust-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.3', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.3', 'sle-module-development-tools-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4', 'suse-manager-server-release-4.3']},
{'reference':'rust-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.3', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.3', 'sle-module-development-tools-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4', 'suse-manager-server-release-4.3']},
{'reference':'rust1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.3', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.3', 'sle-module-development-tools-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4', 'suse-manager-server-release-4.3']},
{'reference':'rust1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.4', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.3', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.3', 'sle-module-development-tools-release-15.4', 'sled-release-15.4', 'sles-release-15.4', 'suse-manager-server-release-4.3']},
{'reference':'cargo-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-development-tools-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'cargo-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-development-tools-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'cargo1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-development-tools-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
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{'reference':'rust-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-development-tools-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
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{'reference':'rust1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-development-tools-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'rust1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-development-tools-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'cargo-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
{'reference':'cargo1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
{'reference':'rust-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
{'reference':'rust1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
{'reference':'cargo-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'cargo1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'rust-1.72.0-150400.24.24.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'rust1.72-1.72.0-150400.9.3.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']}
];
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;
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)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'cargo / cargo1.72 / rust / rust1.72');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
novell | suse_linux | cargo | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cargo |
novell | suse_linux | cargo1.72 | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cargo1.72 |
novell | suse_linux | rust | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rust |
novell | suse_linux | rust1.72 | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rust1.72 |
novell | suse_linux | 15 | cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15 |