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HistorySep 07, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : Python vulnerability (USN-6354-1)

2023-09-0700:00:00
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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ubuntu 16.04
ubuntu 18.04
esm
python
vulnerability
usn-6354-1
xml external entity
xxe

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

9.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

64.9%

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6354-1 advisory.

It was discovered that Python did not properly handle XML entity declarations in plist files. An attacker     could possibly use this vulnerability to perform an XML External Entity (XXE) injection, resulting in a     denial of service or information disclosure.

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.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6354-1. 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(181129);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/28");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-48565");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6354-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : Python vulnerability (USN-6354-1)");

  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 / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced
in the USN-6354-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Python did not properly handle XML entity declarations in plist files. An attacker
    could possibly use this vulnerability to perform an XML External Entity (XXE) injection, resulting in a
    denial of service or information disclosure.

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-6354-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2022-48565");

  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:"2023/08/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/09/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/09/07");

  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:-:esm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python2.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython2.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython2.7-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython2.7-minimal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython2.7-stdlib");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython2.7-testsuite");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.5-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.5-minimal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.5-stdlib");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.5-testsuite");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.7-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.7-examples");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.7-minimal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.5-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.5-examples");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.5-minimal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.5-venv");
  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");
  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 || '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 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': 'idle-python2.7', 'pkgver': '2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'idle-python3.5', 'pkgver': '3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm9', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libpython2.7', 'pkgver': '2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libpython2.7-dev', 'pkgver': '2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libpython2.7-minimal', 'pkgver': '2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libpython2.7-stdlib', 'pkgver': '2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libpython2.7-testsuite', 'pkgver': '2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libpython3.5', 'pkgver': '3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm9', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libpython3.5-dev', 'pkgver': '3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm9', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libpython3.5-minimal', 'pkgver': '3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm9', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libpython3.5-stdlib', 'pkgver': '3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm9', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libpython3.5-testsuite', 'pkgver': '3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm9', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'python2.7', 'pkgver': '2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'python2.7-dev', 'pkgver': '2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'python2.7-examples', 'pkgver': '2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'python2.7-minimal', 'pkgver': '2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm6', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'python3.5', 'pkgver': '3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm9', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'python3.5-dev', 'pkgver': '3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm9', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'python3.5-examples', 'pkgver': '3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm9', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'python3.5-minimal', 'pkgver': '3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm9', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'python3.5-venv', 'pkgver': '3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm9', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'idle-python2.7', 'pkgver': '2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libpython2.7', 'pkgver': '2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libpython2.7-dev', 'pkgver': '2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libpython2.7-minimal', 'pkgver': '2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libpython2.7-stdlib', 'pkgver': '2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libpython2.7-testsuite', 'pkgver': '2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'python2.7', 'pkgver': '2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'python2.7-dev', 'pkgver': '2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'python2.7-examples', 'pkgver': '2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'python2.7-minimal', 'pkgver': '2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE}
];

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, 'idle-python2.7 / idle-python3.5 / libpython2.7 / libpython2.7-dev / etc');
}

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

9.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

64.9%