The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5466-1 advisory.
A flaw was found in the Linux SCTP stack. A blind attacker may be able to kill an existing SCTP association through invalid chunks if the attacker knows the IP-addresses and port numbers being used and the attacker can send packets with spoofed IP addresses. (CVE-2021-3772)
A vulnerability was found in btrfs_alloc_tree_b in fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c in the Linux kernel due to an improper lock operation in btrfs. In this flaw, a user with a local privilege may cause a denial of service (DOS) due to a deadlock problem. (CVE-2021-4149)
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:nft_do_chain, which can cause a use-after-free. This issue needs to handle ‘return’ with proper preconditions, as it can lead to a kernel information leak problem caused by a local, unprivileged attacker. (CVE-2022-1016)
The root cause of this vulnerability is that the ioctl$DRM_IOCTL_MODE_DESTROY_DUMB can decrease refcount of *drm_vgem_gem_object *(created in vgem_gem_dumb_create) concurrently, and *vgem_gem_dumb_create *will access the freed drm_vgem_gem_object. (CVE-2022-1419)
KGDB and KDB allow read and write access to kernel memory, and thus should be restricted during lockdown.
An attacker with access to a serial port could trigger the debugger so it is important that the debugger respect the lockdown mode when/if it is triggered. (CVE-2022-21499)
In the Linux kernel before 5.17.1, a refcount leak bug was found in net/llc/af_llc.c. (CVE-2022-28356)
ems_usb_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c in the Linux kernel through 5.17.1 has a double free.
(CVE-2022-28390)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5466-1. 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(161954);
script_version("1.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/09");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2021-3772",
"CVE-2021-4149",
"CVE-2022-1016",
"CVE-2022-1419",
"CVE-2022-21499",
"CVE-2022-28356",
"CVE-2022-28390"
);
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"5466-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5466-1)");
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 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the USN-5466-1 advisory.
- A flaw was found in the Linux SCTP stack. A blind attacker may be able to kill an existing SCTP
association through invalid chunks if the attacker knows the IP-addresses and port numbers being used and
the attacker can send packets with spoofed IP addresses. (CVE-2021-3772)
- A vulnerability was found in btrfs_alloc_tree_b in fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c in the Linux kernel due to an
improper lock operation in btrfs. In this flaw, a user with a local privilege may cause a denial of
service (DOS) due to a deadlock problem. (CVE-2021-4149)
- A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:nft_do_chain, which can cause a
use-after-free. This issue needs to handle 'return' with proper preconditions, as it can lead to a kernel
information leak problem caused by a local, unprivileged attacker. (CVE-2022-1016)
- The root cause of this vulnerability is that the ioctl$DRM_IOCTL_MODE_DESTROY_DUMB can decrease refcount
of *drm_vgem_gem_object *(created in *vgem_gem_dumb_create*) concurrently, and *vgem_gem_dumb_create *will
access the freed drm_vgem_gem_object. (CVE-2022-1419)
- KGDB and KDB allow read and write access to kernel memory, and thus should be restricted during lockdown.
An attacker with access to a serial port could trigger the debugger so it is important that the debugger
respect the lockdown mode when/if it is triggered. (CVE-2022-21499)
- In the Linux kernel before 5.17.1, a refcount leak bug was found in net/llc/af_llc.c. (CVE-2022-28356)
- ems_usb_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c in the Linux kernel through 5.17.1 has a double free.
(CVE-2022-28390)
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-5466-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/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:L/AC:L/PR:L/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-2021-3772");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-28390");
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:"2021/12/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/06/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/06/08");
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:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1098-oracle");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1114-raspi2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1119-kvm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1127-gcp");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1132-snapdragon");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1133-aws");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1133-aws-hwe");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1142-azure");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-184-generic");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-184-generic-lpae");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-184-lowlatency");
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) 2022-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2022-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
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': '4.15.0-184',
'lowlatency': '4.15.0-184',
'oracle': '4.15.0-1098',
'gcp': '4.15.0-1127',
'aws': '4.15.0-1133',
'aws-hwe': '4.15.0-1133',
'azure': '4.15.0-1142'
}
},
'18.04': {
'4.15.0': {
'generic': '4.15.0-184',
'generic-lpae': '4.15.0-184',
'lowlatency': '4.15.0-184',
'oracle': '4.15.0-1098',
'raspi2': '4.15.0-1114',
'kvm': '4.15.0-1119',
'gcp': '4.15.0-1127',
'snapdragon': '4.15.0-1132',
'aws': '4.15.0-1133',
'azure': '4.15.0-1142'
}
}
};
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-5466-1');
}
if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2021-3772', 'CVE-2021-4149', 'CVE-2022-1016', 'CVE-2022-1419', 'CVE-2022-21499', 'CVE-2022-28356', 'CVE-2022-28390');
if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
{
audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for USN-5466-1');
}
else
{
extra = extra + ksplice_reporting_text();
}
}
if (extra) {
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | linux-image-4.15.0-1098-oracle | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1098-oracle |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | linux-image-4.15.0-1114-raspi2 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1114-raspi2 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | linux-image-4.15.0-1119-kvm | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1119-kvm |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | linux-image-4.15.0-1127-gcp | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1127-gcp |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | linux-image-4.15.0-1132-snapdragon | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1132-snapdragon |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | linux-image-4.15.0-1133-aws | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1133-aws |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | linux-image-4.15.0-1133-aws-hwe | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1133-aws-hwe |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | linux-image-4.15.0-1142-azure | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.15.0-1142-azure |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3772
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-4149
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1016
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1419
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-21499
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-28356
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-28390
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5466-1