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HistoryJul 01, 2019 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel update (USN-4041-1)

2019-07-0100:00:00
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 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4041-1 advisory.

  • Jonathan Looney discovered that the Linux kernel default MSS is hard-coded to 48 bytes. This allows a remote peer to fragment TCP resend queues significantly more than if a larger MSS were enforced. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This has been fixed in stable kernel releases 4.4.182, 4.9.182, 4.14.127, 4.19.52, 5.1.11, and is fixed in commits 967c05aee439e6e5d7d805e195b3a20ef5c433d6 and 5f3e2bf008c2221478101ee72f5cb4654b9fc363. (CVE-2019-11479)

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

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# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4041-1. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/09");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-11479");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"4041-1");
  script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2019-0456");

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"The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced
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  - Jonathan Looney discovered that the Linux kernel default MSS is hard-coded to 48 bytes. This allows a
    remote peer to fragment TCP resend queues significantly more than if a larger MSS were enforced. A remote
    attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This has been fixed in stable kernel releases
    4.4.182, 4.9.182, 4.14.127, 4.19.52, 5.1.11, and is fixed in commits
    967c05aee439e6e5d7d805e195b3a20ef5c433d6 and 5f3e2bf008c2221478101ee72f5cb4654b9fc363. (CVE-2019-11479)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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  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:N/I:N/A:H");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1043-aws");
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}

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 (! ('16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 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 kernel_mappings = {
  '16.04': {
    '4.15.0': {
      'generic': '4.15.0-54',
      'generic-lpae': '4.15.0-54',
      'lowlatency': '4.15.0-54',
      'oracle': '4.15.0-1017',
      'gcp': '4.15.0-1036',
      'aws': '4.15.0-1043',
      'azure': '4.15.0-1049'
    },
    '4.4.0': {
      'generic': '4.4.0-154',
      'generic-lpae': '4.4.0-154',
      'lowlatency': '4.4.0-154',
      'powerpc-e500mc': '4.4.0-154',
      'powerpc-smp': '4.4.0-154',
      'powerpc64-emb': '4.4.0-154',
      'powerpc64-smp': '4.4.0-154',
      'kvm': '4.4.0-1051',
      'aws': '4.4.0-1087',
      'raspi2': '4.4.0-1114',
      'snapdragon': '4.4.0-1118'
    }
  },
  '18.04': {
    '4.15.0': {
      'generic': '4.15.0-54',
      'generic-lpae': '4.15.0-54',
      'lowlatency': '4.15.0-54',
      'oracle': '4.15.0-1017',
      'gcp': '4.15.0-1036',
      'gke': '4.15.0-1036',
      'kvm': '4.15.0-1038',
      'raspi2': '4.15.0-1040',
      'aws': '4.15.0-1043',
      'oem': '4.15.0-1045',
      'snapdragon': '4.15.0-1057'
    },
    '4.18.0': {
      'generic': '4.18.0-25',
      'generic-lpae': '4.18.0-25',
      'lowlatency': '4.18.0-25',
      'snapdragon': '4.18.0-25',
      'azure': '4.18.0-1023'
    }
  }
};

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-4041-1');
}

if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
  var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2019-11479');
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for USN-4041-1');
  }
  else
  {
    extra = extra + ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}
if (extra) {
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
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