Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : libXfont vulnerability (USN-3500-1)

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3500-1. 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(104883);
  script_version("3.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/20");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-16611");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3500-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : libXfont vulnerability (USN-3500-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly followed symlinks when
opening font files. A local unprivileged user could use this issue to
cause the X server to access arbitrary files, including special device
files.

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-3500-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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-2017-16611");

  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:"2017/12/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/11/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/11/30");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont1-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont1-udeb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont2-udeb");
  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:libxfont-dev");
  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': 'libxfont-dev', 'pkgver': '1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.4'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont1', 'pkgver': '1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.4'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont1-udeb', 'pkgver': '1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.4'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont-dev', 'pkgver': '1:2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont1', 'pkgver': '1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.4'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont1-dev', 'pkgver': '1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.4'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont1-udeb', 'pkgver': '1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.4'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont2', 'pkgver': '1:2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont2-udeb', 'pkgver': '1:2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.3'}
];

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, 'libxfont-dev / libxfont1 / libxfont1-dev / libxfont1-udeb / etc');
}