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HistoryAug 29, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6317-1)

2023-08-2900:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2023-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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14
ubuntu
esm
lts
linux kernel
vulnerabilities
information exposure
zen 2 cpus
use-after-free
out-of-bounds write
privilege escalation

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

35.3%

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6317-1 advisory.

Daniel Moghimi discovered that some Intel(R) Processors did not properly clear microarchitectural state     after speculative execution of various instructions. A local unprivileged user could use this to obtain to     sensitive information. (CVE-2022-40982)

Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors did not properly handle speculative execution of certain     vector register instructions. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information.
(CVE-2023-20593)

It was discovered that the universal 32bit network packet classifier implementation in the Linux kernel     did not properly perform reference counting in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability.
A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2023-3609)

It was discovered that the Quick Fair Queueing network scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel     contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3611)

It was discovered that the network packet classifier with netfilter/firewall marks implementation in the     Linux kernel did not properly handle reference counting, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2023-3776)

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-6317-1. 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(180257);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/27");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2022-40982",
    "CVE-2023-3609",
    "CVE-2023-3611",
    "CVE-2023-3776",
    "CVE-2023-20593"
  );
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6317-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6317-1)");

  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 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the USN-6317-1 advisory.

    Daniel Moghimi discovered that some Intel(R) Processors did not properly clear microarchitectural state
    after speculative execution of various instructions. A local unprivileged user could use this to obtain to
    sensitive information. (CVE-2022-40982)

    Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors did not properly handle speculative execution of certain
    vector register instructions. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information.
    (CVE-2023-20593)

    It was discovered that the universal 32bit network packet classifier implementation in the Linux kernel
    did not properly perform reference counting in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary
    code. (CVE-2023-3609)

    It was discovered that the Quick Fair Queueing network scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel
    contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of
    service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3611)

    It was discovered that the network packet classifier with netfilter/firewall marks implementation in the
    Linux kernel did not properly handle reference counting, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A
    local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary
    code. (CVE-2023-3776)

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-6317-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  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:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-3776");

  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:"2023/07/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/08/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/08/29");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  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:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1028-xilinx-zynqmp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1097-kvm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1107-oracle");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1108-aws");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1111-gcp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-159-generic");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-159-generic-lpae");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-159-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) 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", "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 (! ('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 ubuntu_pro_detected = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/Pro/Services/esm-apps');
ubuntu_pro_detected = !empty_or_null(ubuntu_pro_detected);

var kernel_mappings = {
  '18.04': {
    '5.4.0': {
      'generic': '5.4.0-159',
      'generic-lpae': '5.4.0-159',
      'lowlatency': '5.4.0-159',
      'aws': '5.4.0-1108'
    }
  },
  '20.04': {
    '5.4.0': {
      'generic': '5.4.0-159',
      'generic-lpae': '5.4.0-159',
      'lowlatency': '5.4.0-159',
      'xilinx-zynqmp': '5.4.0-1028',
      'kvm': '5.4.0-1097',
      'oracle': '5.4.0-1107',
      'aws': '5.4.0-1108',
      'gcp': '5.4.0-1111'
    }
  }
};

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 (!ubuntu_pro_detected) {
  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';
}
if (deb_ver_cmp(ver1:host_kernel_release, ver2:kernel_fixed_version) < 0)
{
  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-6317-1');
}

if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
  var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2022-40982', 'CVE-2023-3609', 'CVE-2023-3611', 'CVE-2023-3776', 'CVE-2023-20593');
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for USN-6317-1');
  }
  else
  {
    extra = extra + ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}
if (extra) {
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

35.3%