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HistoryMar 06, 2019 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3901-1)

2019-03-0600:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2019-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2019-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3901-1 advisory.

  • The userfaultfd implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.19.7 mishandles access control for certain UFFDIO_ ioctl calls, as demonstrated by allowing local users to write data into holes in a tmpfs file (if the user has read-only access to that file, and that file contains holes), related to fs/userfaultfd.c and mm/userfaultfd.c. (CVE-2018-18397)

  • An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.3. crypto_report_one() and related functions in crypto/crypto_user.c (the crypto user configuration API) do not fully initialize structures that are copied to userspace, potentially leaking sensitive memory to user programs. NOTE: this is a CVE-2013-2547 regression but with easier exploitability because the attacker does not need a capability (however, the system must have the CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER kconfig option). (CVE-2018-19854)

  • In PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115, the start time protection mechanism can be bypassed because fork() is not atomic, and therefore authorization decisions are improperly cached. This is related to lack of uid checking in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c. (CVE-2019-6133)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3901-1. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(122646);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/09");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-18397", "CVE-2018-19854", "CVE-2019-6133");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3901-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3901-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in
the USN-3901-1 advisory.

  - The userfaultfd implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.19.7 mishandles access control for certain
    UFFDIO_ ioctl calls, as demonstrated by allowing local users to write data into holes in a tmpfs file (if
    the user has read-only access to that file, and that file contains holes), related to fs/userfaultfd.c and
    mm/userfaultfd.c. (CVE-2018-18397)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.3. crypto_report_one() and related functions in
    crypto/crypto_user.c (the crypto user configuration API) do not fully initialize structures that are
    copied to userspace, potentially leaking sensitive memory to user programs. NOTE: this is a CVE-2013-2547
    regression but with easier exploitability because the attacker does not need a capability (however, the
    system must have the CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER kconfig option). (CVE-2018-19854)

  - In PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.115, the start time protection mechanism can be bypassed because fork() is
    not atomic, and therefore authorization decisions are improperly cached. This is related to lack of uid
    checking in polkitbackend/polkitbackendinteractiveauthority.c. (CVE-2019-6133)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3901-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/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:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/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-2019-6133");

  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:"2018/12/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/03/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/03/06");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1009-oracle");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1028-gcp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1030-kvm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1032-raspi2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1033-aws");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1034-oem");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-46-generic");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-46-generic-lpae");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-46-lowlatency");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-46-snapdragon");
  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) 2019-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2019-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');
include('ksplice.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 (! ('18.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 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 kernel_mappings = {
  '18.04': {
    '4.15.0': {
      'generic': '4.15.0-46',
      'generic-lpae': '4.15.0-46',
      'lowlatency': '4.15.0-46',
      'snapdragon': '4.15.0-46',
      'oracle': '4.15.0-1009',
      'gcp': '4.15.0-1028',
      'kvm': '4.15.0-1030',
      'raspi2': '4.15.0-1032',
      'aws': '4.15.0-1033',
      'oem': '4.15.0-1034'
    }
  }
};

var host_kernel_release = get_kb_item('Host/uptrack-uname-r');
if (empty_or_null(host_kernel_release)) host_kernel_release = get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/uname-r');
var host_kernel_base_version = get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/Debian/kernel-base-version');
var host_kernel_type = get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/Debian/kernel-type');
if(empty_or_null(kernel_mappings[os_release][host_kernel_base_version][host_kernel_type])) audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, 'kernel ' + host_kernel_release);

var extra = '';
var kernel_fixed_version = kernel_mappings[os_release][host_kernel_base_version][host_kernel_type] + "-" + host_kernel_type;
if (deb_ver_cmp(ver1:host_kernel_release, ver2:kernel_fixed_version) < 0)
{
  extra = extra + 'Running Kernel level of ' + host_kernel_release + ' does not meet the minimum fixed level of ' + kernel_fixed_version + ' for this advisory.\n\n';
}
  else
{
  audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'Kernel package for USN-3901-1');
}

if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
  var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2018-18397', 'CVE-2018-19854', 'CVE-2019-6133');
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for USN-3901-1');
  }
  else
  {
    extra = extra + ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}
if (extra) {
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-4.15.0-1009-oraclep-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1009-oracle
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-4.15.0-1028-gcpp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1028-gcp
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-4.15.0-1030-kvmp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1030-kvm
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-4.15.0-1032-raspi2p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1032-raspi2
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-4.15.0-1033-awsp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1033-aws
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-4.15.0-1034-oemp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1034-oem
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-4.15.0-46-genericp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-46-generic
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-4.15.0-46-generic-lpaep-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-46-generic-lpae
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-4.15.0-46-lowlatencyp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-46-lowlatency
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-4.15.0-46-snapdragonp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-46-snapdragon
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