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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2023:3903-1)

The SUSE SLES15 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities including speculative data disclosure and privilege escalation issues in Xen packages

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2023:3903-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(182386);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/15");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-20588", "CVE-2023-20593", "CVE-2023-34322");
  script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2023:3903-1");
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2023-B-0067-S");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLES15 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2023:3903-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3903-1 advisory.

  - A division-by-zero error on some AMD processors can potentially return speculative data resulting in loss
    of confidentiality. (CVE-2023-20588)

  - An issue in Zen 2 CPUs, under specific microarchitectural circumstances, may allow an attacker to
    potentially access sensitive information. (CVE-2023-20593)

  - The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when running PV guests in shadow
    paging mode. A malicious guest can run a specially crafted application on the system that causes shortage
    of memory in the associated with the domain shadow pool and forces Xen to tear down page tables. This can
    result in memory leak, denial of service or privilege escalation. (CVE-2023-34322)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1213616");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215145");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215474");
  # https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2023-September/016465.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8822559a");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20588");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20593");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34322");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  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:L/UI:N/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-2023-34322");

  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:"2023/07/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/09/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/09/30");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-domU");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15");
  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) 2023-2024 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:"^(3)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP3", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES_SAP15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(3)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES_SAP15 SP3", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'xen-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'xen-devel-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'xen-libs-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-domU-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'xen-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-3', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.2', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'xen-devel-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-3', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.2', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'xen-libs-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-3', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.2', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-3', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.2', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-domU-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-3', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.2', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-3', 'SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.2', 'SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'xen-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.3', 'sles-ltss-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'xen-devel-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.3', 'sles-ltss-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'xen-libs-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.3', 'sles-ltss-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.3', 'sles-ltss-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-domU-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.3', 'sles-ltss-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.14.6_04-150300.3.54.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.3', 'sles-ltss-release-15.3']}
];

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, 'xen / xen-devel / xen-libs / xen-tools / xen-tools-domU / etc');
}

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