Ubuntu 21.04 : Underscore vulnerability (USN-4913-2)

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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4913-2. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(149044);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/03");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-23358");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"4913-2");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 21.04 : Underscore vulnerability (USN-4913-2)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 21.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4913-2
advisory.

  - The package underscore from 1.13.0-0 and before 1.13.0-2, from 1.3.2 and before 1.12.1 are vulnerable to
    Arbitrary Code Injection via the template function, particularly when a variable property is passed as an
    argument as it is not sanitized. (CVE-2021-23358)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-4913-2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected libjs-underscore and / or node-underscore packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:H/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-2021-23358");

  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:"2021/03/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/04/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/04/28");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjs-underscore");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-underscore");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2021-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2021-2024 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('audit.inc');
include('ubuntu.inc');
include('misc_func.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(21\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 21.04', 'Ubuntu ' + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

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);


pkgs = [
    {'osver': '21.04', 'pkgname': 'libjs-underscore', 'pkgver': '1.9.1~dfsg-1ubuntu0.21.04.1'},
    {'osver': '21.04', 'pkgname': 'node-underscore', 'pkgver': '1.9.1~dfsg-1ubuntu0.21.04.1'}
];

flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  osver = NULL;
  pkgname = NULL;
  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_WARNING,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libjs-underscore / node-underscore');
}