The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 21.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5250-1 advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5250-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(157057);
script_version("1.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/16");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-45079");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"5250-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : strongSwan vulnerability (USN-5250-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 21.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the USN-5250-1 advisory.
- In strongSwan before 5.9.5, a malicious responder can send an EAP-Success message too early without
actually authenticating the client and (in the case of EAP methods with mutual authentication and EAP-only
authentication for IKEv2) even without server authentication. (CVE-2021-45079)
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-5250-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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-2021-45079");
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:"2022/01/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/01/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/01/25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:charon-cmd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:charon-systemd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcharon-extauth-plugins");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcharon-extra-plugins");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcharon-standard-plugins");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan-extra-plugins");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan-standard-plugins");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-charon");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-libcharon");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-nm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-pki");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-scepclient");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-starter");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-swanctl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-tnc-base");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-tnc-client");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-tnc-ifmap");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-tnc-pdp");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:strongswan-tnc-server");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2022-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2022-2023 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 (! ('18.04' >< os_release || '20.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 18.04 / 20.04', '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': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'charon-cmd', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'charon-systemd', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libcharon-extra-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libcharon-standard-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan-extra-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan-standard-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-charon', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-libcharon', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-nm', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-pki', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-scepclient', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-starter', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-swanctl', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-tnc-base', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-tnc-client', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-tnc-ifmap', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-tnc-pdp', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-tnc-server', 'pkgver': '5.6.2-1ubuntu2.8'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'charon-cmd', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'charon-systemd', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libcharon-extauth-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libcharon-extra-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libcharon-standard-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan-extra-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libstrongswan-standard-plugins', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-charon', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-libcharon', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-nm', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-pki', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-scepclient', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-starter', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-swanctl', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-tnc-base', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-tnc-client', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-tnc-ifmap', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-tnc-pdp', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'strongswan-tnc-server', 'pkgver': '5.8.2-1ubuntu3.4'}
];
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_WARNING,
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, 'charon-cmd / charon-systemd / libcharon-extauth-plugins / etc');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 20.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | charon-cmd | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:charon-cmd |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | charon-systemd | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:charon-systemd |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libcharon-extauth-plugins | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcharon-extauth-plugins |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libcharon-extra-plugins | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcharon-extra-plugins |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libcharon-standard-plugins | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcharon-standard-plugins |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libstrongswan | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libstrongswan-extra-plugins | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan-extra-plugins |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libstrongswan-standard-plugins | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrongswan-standard-plugins |