CVSS3
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
19.7%
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-6495-2 advisory.
Yu Hao discovered that the UBI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly check for MTD with zero erasesize during device attachment. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-31085)
Manfred Rudigier discovered that the Intel(R) PCI-Express Gigabit (igb) Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate received frames that are larger than the set MTU size, leading to a buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-45871)
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-6495-2. 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(186489);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/27");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-31085", "CVE-2023-45871");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6495-2");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6495-2)");
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-6495-2 advisory.
Yu Hao discovered that the UBI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly check for MTD with zero
erasesize during device attachment. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of
service (system crash). (CVE-2023-31085)
Manfred Rudigier discovered that the Intel(R) PCI-Express Gigabit (igb) Ethernet driver in the Linux
kernel did not properly validate received frames that are larger than the set MTU size, leading to a
buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-45871)
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-6495-2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/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-2023-45871");
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:"2023/04/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/11/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/11/30");
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-5.4.0-1081-gkeop");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1118-gcp");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1120-azure");
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': {
'gcp': '5.4.0-1118',
'azure': '5.4.0-1120'
}
},
'20.04': {
'5.4.0': {
'gkeop': '5.4.0-1081',
'gcp': '5.4.0-1118',
'azure': '5.4.0-1120'
}
}
};
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-6495-2');
}
if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2023-31085', 'CVE-2023-45871');
if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
{
audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for USN-6495-2');
}
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-5.4.0-1120-azure | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1120-azure |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | linux-image-5.4.0-1081-gkeop | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1081-gkeop |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | linux-image-5.4.0-1118-gcp | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1118-gcp |
CVSS3
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
19.7%