Robert Swiecki discovered that the Apache HTTP Server mod_auth_digest module incorrectly cleared values when processing certain requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial or service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.
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-3370-1. 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(102034);
script_version("3.12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/20");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-9788");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3370-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Apache HTTP Server vulnerability (USN-3370-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Robert Swiecki discovered that the Apache HTTP Server
mod_auth_digest module incorrectly cleared values when processing
certain requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the
server to crash, resulting in a denial or service, or possibly obtain
sensitive information.
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-3370-1");
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:N/A:P");
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:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-9788");
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:"2017/07/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/07/27");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/07/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-bin");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-data");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-event");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-itk");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-prefork");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-worker");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec-custom");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec-pristine");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-utils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2.2-bin");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-macro");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-proxy-html");
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:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2");
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': 'apache2', 'pkgver': '2.4.7-1ubuntu4.17'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-bin', 'pkgver': '2.4.7-1ubuntu4.17'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-data', 'pkgver': '2.4.7-1ubuntu4.17'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-dev', 'pkgver': '2.4.7-1ubuntu4.17'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-mpm-event', 'pkgver': '2.4.7-1ubuntu4.17'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-mpm-itk', 'pkgver': '2.4.7-1ubuntu4.17'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-mpm-prefork', 'pkgver': '2.4.7-1ubuntu4.17'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-mpm-worker', 'pkgver': '2.4.7-1ubuntu4.17'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-suexec', 'pkgver': '2.4.7-1ubuntu4.17'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-suexec-custom', 'pkgver': '2.4.7-1ubuntu4.17'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-suexec-pristine', 'pkgver': '2.4.7-1ubuntu4.17'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-utils', 'pkgver': '2.4.7-1ubuntu4.17'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2.2-bin', 'pkgver': '2.4.7-1ubuntu4.17'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libapache2-mod-macro', 'pkgver': '1:2.4.7-1ubuntu4.17'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libapache2-mod-proxy-html', 'pkgver': '1:2.4.7-1ubuntu4.17'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2', 'pkgver': '2.4.18-2ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-bin', 'pkgver': '2.4.18-2ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-data', 'pkgver': '2.4.18-2ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-dev', 'pkgver': '2.4.18-2ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-suexec-custom', 'pkgver': '2.4.18-2ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-suexec-pristine', 'pkgver': '2.4.18-2ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'apache2-utils', 'pkgver': '2.4.18-2ubuntu3.4'}
];
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_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, 'apache2 / apache2-bin / apache2-data / apache2-dev / etc');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
canonical | ubuntu_linux | apache2-bin | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-bin |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | apache2-data | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-data |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | apache2-dev | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-dev |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | apache2-mpm-event | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-event |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | apache2-mpm-itk | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-itk |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | apache2-mpm-prefork | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-prefork |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | apache2-mpm-worker | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-worker |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | apache2-suexec | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | apache2-suexec-custom | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec-custom |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | apache2-suexec-pristine | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec-pristine |