The remote Ubuntu 20.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4914-1 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-4914-1. 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(148554);
script_version("1.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/01/17");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-20297");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"4914-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 20.10 : NetworkManager vulnerability (USN-4914-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 20.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4914-1
advisory. 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-4914-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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-2021-20297");
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:"2021/04/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/04/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/04/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-nm-1.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnm-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnm0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager-config-connectivity-debian");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager-dev");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2021-2023 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('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:"^(20\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 20.10', 'Ubuntu ' + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
pkgs = [
{'osver': '20.10', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-nm-1.0', 'pkgver': '1.26.2-1ubuntu1.1'},
{'osver': '20.10', 'pkgname': 'libnm-dev', 'pkgver': '1.26.2-1ubuntu1.1'},
{'osver': '20.10', 'pkgname': 'libnm0', 'pkgver': '1.26.2-1ubuntu1.1'},
{'osver': '20.10', 'pkgname': 'network-manager', 'pkgver': '1.26.2-1ubuntu1.1'},
{'osver': '20.10', 'pkgname': 'network-manager-config-connectivity-debian', 'pkgver': '1.26.2-1ubuntu1.1'},
{'osver': '20.10', 'pkgname': 'network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu', 'pkgver': '1.26.2-1ubuntu1.1'},
{'osver': '20.10', 'pkgname': 'network-manager-dev', 'pkgver': '1.26.2-1ubuntu1.1'}
];
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_NOTE,
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, 'gir1.2-nm-1.0 / libnm-dev / libnm0 / network-manager / etc');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 20.10 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.10 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | gir1.2-nm-1.0 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-nm-1.0 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libnm-dev | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnm-dev |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libnm0 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnm0 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | network-manager | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | network-manager-config-connectivity-debian | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager-config-connectivity-debian |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | network-manager-dev | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager-dev |