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HistoryMar 14, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : libevent vulnerabilities (USN-3228-1)

2017-03-1400:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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Guido Vranken discovered that libevent incorrectly handled memory when processing certain data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with an application that uses libevent to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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-3228-1. 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(97721);
  script_version("3.12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/20");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-10195", "CVE-2016-10196", "CVE-2016-10197");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3228-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : libevent vulnerabilities (USN-3228-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Guido Vranken discovered that libevent incorrectly handled memory when
processing certain data. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue with an application that uses libevent to cause a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3228-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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: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-2016-10195");

  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:"2017/03/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/03/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/03/14");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevent-2.0-5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevent-core-2.0-5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevent-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevent-extra-2.0-5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevent-openssl-2.0-5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevent-pthreads-2.0-5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

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

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('14.04' >< os_release || '16.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 14.04 / 16.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_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);

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libevent-2.0-5', 'pkgver': '2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.2'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libevent-core-2.0-5', 'pkgver': '2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.2'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libevent-dev', 'pkgver': '2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.2'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libevent-extra-2.0-5', 'pkgver': '2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.2'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libevent-openssl-2.0-5', 'pkgver': '2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.2'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libevent-pthreads-2.0-5', 'pkgver': '2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.2'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libevent-2.0-5', 'pkgver': '2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libevent-core-2.0-5', 'pkgver': '2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libevent-dev', 'pkgver': '2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libevent-extra-2.0-5', 'pkgver': '2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libevent-openssl-2.0-5', 'pkgver': '2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libevent-pthreads-2.0-5', 'pkgver': '2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    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, 'libevent-2.0-5 / libevent-core-2.0-5 / libevent-dev / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibevent-2.0-5p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevent-2.0-5
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibevent-core-2.0-5p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevent-core-2.0-5
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibevent-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevent-dev
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibevent-extra-2.0-5p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevent-extra-2.0-5
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibevent-openssl-2.0-5p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevent-openssl-2.0-5
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibevent-pthreads-2.0-5p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevent-pthreads-2.0-5
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts