CVSS3
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
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
35.3%
The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6324-1 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-6324-1. 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(180361);
script_version("1.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/28");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2022-40982",
"CVE-2023-3609",
"CVE-2023-3611",
"CVE-2023-3776",
"CVE-2023-20593"
);
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6324-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities (USN-6324-1)");
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 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in
the USN-6324-1 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-6324-1");
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:"2023/08/31");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/08/31");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
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-5.4.0-1075-gkeop");
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", "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 (! ('20.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 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 kernel_mappings = {
'20.04': {
'5.4.0': {
'gkeop': '5.4.0-1075'
}
}
};
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 += '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-6324-1');
}
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-6324-1');
}
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 | 20.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | linux-image-5.4.0-1075-gkeop | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1075-gkeop |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40982
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-20593
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3609
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3611
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3776
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6324-1
CVSS3
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
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
35.3%