Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Expat vulnerability (USN-5638-3)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5638-3. 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(168153);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/10/29");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-43680");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"5638-3");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Expat vulnerability (USN-5638-3)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5638-3 advisory.

    USN-5638-1 fixed a vulnerability in Expat. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04
    ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-43680) This update
    also fixes a minor regression introduced in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

    We apologize for the inconvenience.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security 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-5638-3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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-2022-43680");

  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:"2022/10/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/11/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/11/23");

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:expat");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64expat1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64expat1-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libexpat1");
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  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
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  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.");

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}

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 || '22.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 / 20.04 / 22.04', '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': 'expat', 'pkgver': '2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'lib64expat1', 'pkgver': '2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'lib64expat1-dev', 'pkgver': '2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libexpat1', 'pkgver': '2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libexpat1-dev', 'pkgver': '2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'expat', 'pkgver': '2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libexpat1', 'pkgver': '2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libexpat1-dev', 'pkgver': '2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'expat', 'pkgver': '2.2.9-1ubuntu0.6', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libexpat1', 'pkgver': '2.2.9-1ubuntu0.6', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libexpat1-dev', 'pkgver': '2.2.9-1ubuntu0.6', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'expat', 'pkgver': '2.4.7-1ubuntu0.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libexpat1', 'pkgver': '2.4.7-1ubuntu0.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libexpat1-dev', 'pkgver': '2.4.7-1ubuntu0.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE}
];

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_HOLE,
    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, 'expat / lib64expat1 / lib64expat1-dev / libexpat1 / libexpat1-dev');
}