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HistoryOct 11, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : OpenSSH vulnerability (USN-5666-1)

2022-10-1100:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2022-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2022-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5666-1 advisory.

  • sshd in OpenSSH 6.2 through 8.x before 8.8, when certain non-default configurations are used, allows privilege escalation because supplemental groups are not initialized as expected. Helper programs for AuthorizedKeysCommand and AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand may run with privileges associated with group memberships of the sshd process, if the configuration specifies running the command as a different user.
    (CVE-2021-41617)

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 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5666-1. 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(166010);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/07/10");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-41617");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"5666-1");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0474-S");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : OpenSSH vulnerability (USN-5666-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
USN-5666-1 advisory.

  - sshd in OpenSSH 6.2 through 8.x before 8.8, when certain non-default configurations are used, allows
    privilege escalation because supplemental groups are not initialized as expected. Helper programs for
    AuthorizedKeysCommand and AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand may run with privileges associated with group
    memberships of the sshd process, if the configuration specifies running the command as a different user.
    (CVE-2021-41617)

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-5666-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/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:L/UI:N/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-2021-41617");

  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:"2021/09/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/10/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/10/11");

  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:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-client");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-client-ssh1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-server");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-sftp-server");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ssh");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ssh-askpass-gnome");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ssh-krb5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  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 (! ('16.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04', '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': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'openssh-client', 'pkgver': '1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.10+esm2'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'openssh-client-ssh1', 'pkgver': '1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.10+esm2'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'openssh-server', 'pkgver': '1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.10+esm2'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'openssh-sftp-server', 'pkgver': '1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.10+esm2'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'ssh', 'pkgver': '1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.10+esm2'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'ssh-askpass-gnome', 'pkgver': '1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.10+esm2'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'ssh-krb5', 'pkgver': '1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.10+esm2'}
];

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, 'openssh-client / openssh-client-ssh1 / openssh-server / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm
canonicalubuntu_linuxopenssh-clientp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-client
canonicalubuntu_linuxopenssh-client-ssh1p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-client-ssh1
canonicalubuntu_linuxopenssh-serverp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-server
canonicalubuntu_linuxopenssh-sftp-serverp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openssh-sftp-server
canonicalubuntu_linuxsshp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ssh
canonicalubuntu_linuxssh-askpass-gnomep-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ssh-askpass-gnome
canonicalubuntu_linuxssh-krb5p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ssh-krb5