It was discovered that LibVNCServer incorrectly handled certain operations. A remote attacker able to connect to applications using LibVNCServer could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, or 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-3877-1. 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(121541);
script_version("1.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/20");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2018-15126",
"CVE-2018-15127",
"CVE-2018-20019",
"CVE-2018-20020",
"CVE-2018-20021",
"CVE-2018-20022",
"CVE-2018-20023",
"CVE-2018-20024",
"CVE-2018-20748",
"CVE-2018-20749",
"CVE-2018-20750",
"CVE-2018-6307"
);
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3877-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : LibVNCServer vulnerabilities (USN-3877-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It was discovered that LibVNCServer incorrectly handled certain
operations. A remote attacker able to connect to applications using
LibVNCServer could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information, cause a denial of service, or 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-3877-1");
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-2018-20750");
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:"2018/12/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/01/31");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/02/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvncclient1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvncserver-config");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvncserver-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvncserver0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvncserver1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linuxvnc");
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) 2019-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2019-2023 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': 'libvncserver-config', 'pkgver': '0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libvncserver-dev', 'pkgver': '0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libvncserver0', 'pkgver': '0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'linuxvnc', 'pkgver': '0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libvncclient1', 'pkgver': '0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.3'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libvncserver-config', 'pkgver': '0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.3'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libvncserver-dev', 'pkgver': '0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.3'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libvncserver1', 'pkgver': '0.9.10+dfsg-3ubuntu0.16.04.3'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libvncclient1', 'pkgver': '0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libvncserver-config', 'pkgver': '0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libvncserver-dev', 'pkgver': '0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libvncserver1', 'pkgver': '0.9.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1'}
];
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, 'libvncclient1 / libvncserver-config / libvncserver-dev / etc');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libvncclient1 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvncclient1 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libvncserver-config | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvncserver-config |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libvncserver-dev | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvncserver-dev |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libvncserver0 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvncserver0 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libvncserver1 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvncserver1 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | linuxvnc | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linuxvnc |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15126
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15127
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20019
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20020
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20021
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20022
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20023
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20024
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20748
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20749
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20750
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6307
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3877-1