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HistoryDec 21, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerability (USN-3159-1)

2016-12-2100:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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It was discovered that a race condition existed in the procfs environ_read function in the Linux kernel, leading to an integer underflow. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3159-1. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(95992);
  script_version("3.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/01/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-7916");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3159-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerability (USN-3159-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis",
    value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description",
    value:
"It was discovered that a race condition existed in the procfs
environ_read function in the Linux kernel, leading to an integer
underflow. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive
information (kernel memory).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3159-1/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/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:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.2-generic");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.2-generic-pae");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.2-highbank");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.2-virtual");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-pae");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-highbank");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-virtual");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/11/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/12/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/12/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("ksplice.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
var release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(12\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 12.04", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) 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, 'Ubuntu', cpu);

if (get_one_kb_item("Host/ksplice/kernel-cves"))
{
  rm_kb_item(name:"Host/uptrack-uname-r");
  cve_list = make_list("CVE-2016-7916");
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "KSplice hotfix for USN-3159-1");
  }
  else
  {
    _ubuntu_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}

var flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"linux-image-3.2.0-119-generic", pkgver:"3.2.0-119.162")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"linux-image-3.2.0-119-generic-pae", pkgver:"3.2.0-119.162")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"linux-image-3.2.0-119-highbank", pkgver:"3.2.0-119.162")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"linux-image-3.2.0-119-virtual", pkgver:"3.2.0-119.162")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"linux-image-generic", pkgver:"3.2.0.119.134")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"linux-image-generic-pae", pkgver:"3.2.0.119.134")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"linux-image-highbank", pkgver:"3.2.0.119.134")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"linux-image-virtual", pkgver:"3.2.0.119.134")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "linux-image-3.2-generic / linux-image-3.2-generic-pae / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-3.2-genericp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.2-generic
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-3.2-generic-paep-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.2-generic-pae
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-3.2-highbankp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.2-highbank
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-3.2-virtualp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.2-virtual
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-genericp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-generic-paep-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-pae
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-highbankp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-highbank
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-virtualp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-virtual
canonicalubuntu_linux12.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts