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HistoryNov 02, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : curl vulnerability (USN-3765-1)

2021-11-0200:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2021-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to 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.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3765-1. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(154827);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/20");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-14618");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3765-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : curl vulnerability (USN-3765-1)");

  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 curl incorrectly handled certain inputs. An
attacker could possibly use this to 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-3765-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  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-2018-14618");

  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:"2018/09/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/09/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/11/02");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:curl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:curl-udeb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3-gnutls");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3-nss");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3-udeb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4-gnutls-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4-nss-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4-openssl-dev");
  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) 2021-2023 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': 'curl', 'pkgver': '7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'curl-udeb', 'pkgver': '7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl3', 'pkgver': '7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl3-gnutls', 'pkgver': '7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl3-nss', 'pkgver': '7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl3-udeb', 'pkgver': '7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4-gnutls-dev', 'pkgver': '7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4-nss-dev', 'pkgver': '7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4-openssl-dev', 'pkgver': '7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'curl', 'pkgver': '7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl3', 'pkgver': '7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl3-gnutls', 'pkgver': '7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl3-nss', 'pkgver': '7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4-gnutls-dev', 'pkgver': '7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4-nss-dev', 'pkgver': '7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4-openssl-dev', 'pkgver': '7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'curl', 'pkgver': '7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl3-gnutls', 'pkgver': '7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl3-nss', 'pkgver': '7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4', 'pkgver': '7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4-gnutls-dev', 'pkgver': '7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4-nss-dev', 'pkgver': '7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4-openssl-dev', 'pkgver': '7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3'}
];

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_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, 'curl / curl-udeb / libcurl3 / libcurl3-gnutls / libcurl3-nss / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linuxcurlp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:curl
canonicalubuntu_linuxcurl-udebp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:curl-udeb
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibcurl3p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibcurl3-gnutlsp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3-gnutls
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibcurl3-nssp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3-nss
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibcurl3-udebp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3-udeb
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibcurl4p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibcurl4-gnutls-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4-gnutls-dev
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibcurl4-nss-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4-nss-dev
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibcurl4-openssl-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4-openssl-dev
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