CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
61.2%
The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5273-1 advisory.
Demi M. Obenour discovered that RPM Package Manager incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt the database and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3421, CVE-2021-20271)
Demi M. Obenour discovered that RPM Package Manager incorrectly handled memory when processing certain data from the database. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affects Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2021-20266)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5273-1. 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(183159);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/27");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-3421", "CVE-2021-20266", "CVE-2021-20271");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"5273-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : RPM Package Manager vulnerabilities (USN-5273-1)");
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 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5273-1 advisory.
Demi M. Obenour discovered that RPM Package Manager incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to corrupt the database and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3421,
CVE-2021-20271)
Demi M. Obenour discovered that RPM Package Manager incorrectly handled memory when processing certain
data from the database. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue
only affects Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2021-20266)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
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-5273-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-2021-20271");
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:"2021/03/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/07/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/10/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:esm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:debugedit");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librpm-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librpm3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librpm8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librpmbuild3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librpmbuild8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librpmio3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librpmio8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librpmsign3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librpmsign8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-rpm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-rpm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rpm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rpm-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rpm-i18n");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rpm2cpio");
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) 2023-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "ubuntu_pro_sub_detect.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 (! ('16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release || '20.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04 / 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 ubuntu_pro_detected = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/Pro/Services/esm-apps');
ubuntu_pro_detected = !empty_or_null(ubuntu_pro_detected);
var pro_caveat_needed = FALSE;
var pkgs = [
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'debugedit', 'pkgver': '4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'librpm-dev', 'pkgver': '4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'librpm3', 'pkgver': '4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'librpmbuild3', 'pkgver': '4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'librpmio3', 'pkgver': '4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'librpmsign3', 'pkgver': '4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'python-rpm', 'pkgver': '4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-rpm', 'pkgver': '4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'rpm', 'pkgver': '4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'rpm-common', 'pkgver': '4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'rpm-i18n', 'pkgver': '4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'rpm2cpio', 'pkgver': '4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'debugedit', 'pkgver': '4.14.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'librpm-dev', 'pkgver': '4.14.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'librpm8', 'pkgver': '4.14.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'librpmbuild8', 'pkgver': '4.14.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'librpmio8', 'pkgver': '4.14.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'librpmsign8', 'pkgver': '4.14.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'python-rpm', 'pkgver': '4.14.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-rpm', 'pkgver': '4.14.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'rpm', 'pkgver': '4.14.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'rpm-common', 'pkgver': '4.14.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'rpm-i18n', 'pkgver': '4.14.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'rpm2cpio', 'pkgver': '4.14.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'debugedit', 'pkgver': '4.14.2.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'librpm-dev', 'pkgver': '4.14.2.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'librpm8', 'pkgver': '4.14.2.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'librpmbuild8', 'pkgver': '4.14.2.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'librpmio8', 'pkgver': '4.14.2.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'librpmsign8', 'pkgver': '4.14.2.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'python-rpm', 'pkgver': '4.14.2.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-rpm', 'pkgver': '4.14.2.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'rpm', 'pkgver': '4.14.2.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'rpm-common', 'pkgver': '4.14.2.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'rpm-i18n', 'pkgver': '4.14.2.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'rpm2cpio', 'pkgver': '4.14.2.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var 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'];
var pro_required = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['ubuntu_pro'])) pro_required = package_array['ubuntu_pro'];
if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) {
flag++;
if (!ubuntu_pro_detected && !pro_caveat_needed) pro_caveat_needed = pro_required;
}
}
}
if (flag)
{
var extra = '';
if (pro_caveat_needed) {
extra += 'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to packages only \n';
extra += 'available in Ubuntu ESM repositories. Access to these package security updates \n';
extra += 'require an Ubuntu Pro subscription.\n\n';
}
extra += ubuntu_report_get();
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'debugedit / librpm-dev / librpm3 / librpm8 / librpmbuild3 / etc');
}
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
61.2%