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HistoryAug 31, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : libx11 vulnerabilities (USN-3758-1)

2018-08-3100:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information (CVE-2016-7942)

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. (CVE-2016-7943)

It was discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-14598, CVE-2018-14599, CVE-2018-14600).

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-3758-1. 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(112205);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/21");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2016-7942",
    "CVE-2016-7943",
    "CVE-2018-14598",
    "CVE-2018-14599",
    "CVE-2018-14600"
  );
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3758-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : libx11 vulnerabilities (USN-3758-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled certain
images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive
information (CVE-2016-7942)

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled certain
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive
information. (CVE-2016-7943)

It was discovered that libx11 incorrectly handled certain inputs. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-14598, CVE-2018-14599, CVE-2018-14600).

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-3758-1");
  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: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:H/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-2018-14600");

  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:"2016/12/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/08/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/08/31");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx11-6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx11-6-udeb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx11-data");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx11-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx11-xcb-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx11-xcb1");
  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:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-: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) 2018-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2023 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 || '18.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 14.04 / 16.04 / 18.04', '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': 'libx11-6', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-6-udeb', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-data', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-dev', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-xcb-dev', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-xcb1', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-6', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-6-udeb', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-data', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-dev', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-xcb-dev', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-xcb1', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-6', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-6-udeb', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-data', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-dev', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-xcb-dev', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libx11-xcb1', 'pkgver': '2:1.6.4-3ubuntu0.1'}
];

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, 'libx11-6 / libx11-6-udeb / libx11-data / libx11-dev / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibx11-6p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx11-6
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibx11-6-udebp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx11-6-udeb
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibx11-datap-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx11-data
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibx11-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx11-dev
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibx11-xcb-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx11-xcb-dev
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibx11-xcb1p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx11-xcb1
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux18.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts