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HistoryJan 25, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6609-1)

2024-01-2500:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
www.tenable.com
41
ubuntu
linux kernel
vulnerabilities
netfilter
out-of-bounds access
smbcalcsize
use-after-free
heap out-of-bounds write
local privilege escalation
ipv4
igmp
race condition
cap_net_admin

7.8 High

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

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6609-1 advisory.

  • An out-of-bounds access vulnerability involving netfilter was reported and fixed as: f1082dd31fe4 (netfilter: nf_tables: Reject tables of unsupported family); While creating a new netfilter table, lack of a safeguard against invalid nf_tables family (pf) values within nf_tables_newtable function enables an attacker to achieve out-of-bounds access. (CVE-2023-6040)

  • An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in smbCalcSize in fs/smb/client/netmisc.c in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow a local attacker to crash the system or leak internal kernel information.
    (CVE-2023-6606)

  • A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The function nft_pipapo_walk did not skip inactive elements during set walk which could lead double deactivations of PIPAPO (Pile Packet Policies) elements, leading to use- after-free. We recommend upgrading past commit 317eb9685095678f2c9f5a8189de698c5354316a. (CVE-2023-6817)

  • A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s Performance Events system component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. A perf_event’s read_size can overflow, leading to an heap out-of-bounds increment or write in perf_read_group(). We recommend upgrading past commit 382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b. (CVE-2023-6931)

  • A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s ipv4: igmp component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. A race condition can be exploited to cause a timer be mistakenly registered on a RCU read locked object which is freed by another thread. We recommend upgrading past commit e2b706c691905fe78468c361aaabc719d0a496f1. (CVE-2023-6932)

  • A use-after-free flaw was found in the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. If the catchall element is garbage-collected when the pipapo set is removed, the element can be deactivated twice. This can cause a use-after-free issue on an NFT_CHAIN object or NFT_OBJECT object, allowing a local unprivileged user with CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2024-0193)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

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if (description)
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  script_id(189610);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/02/02");

  script_cve_id(
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  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6609-1");

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the USN-6609-1 advisory.

  - An out-of-bounds access vulnerability involving netfilter was reported and fixed as: f1082dd31fe4
    (netfilter: nf_tables: Reject tables of unsupported family); While creating a new netfilter table, lack of
    a safeguard against invalid nf_tables family (pf) values within `nf_tables_newtable` function enables an
    attacker to achieve out-of-bounds access. (CVE-2023-6040)

  - An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in smbCalcSize in fs/smb/client/netmisc.c in the Linux
    Kernel. This issue could allow a local attacker to crash the system or leak internal kernel information.
    (CVE-2023-6606)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to
    achieve local privilege escalation. The function nft_pipapo_walk did not skip inactive elements during set
    walk which could lead double deactivations of PIPAPO (Pile Packet Policies) elements, leading to use-
    after-free. We recommend upgrading past commit 317eb9685095678f2c9f5a8189de698c5354316a. (CVE-2023-6817)

  - A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Performance Events system component can be
    exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. A perf_event's read_size can overflow, leading to an heap
    out-of-bounds increment or write in perf_read_group(). We recommend upgrading past commit
    382c27f4ed28f803b1f1473ac2d8db0afc795a1b. (CVE-2023-6931)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ipv4: igmp component can be exploited to achieve
    local privilege escalation. A race condition can be exploited to cause a timer be mistakenly registered on
    a RCU read locked object which is freed by another thread. We recommend upgrading past commit
    e2b706c691905fe78468c361aaabc719d0a496f1. (CVE-2023-6932)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. If the catchall element is
    garbage-collected when the pipapo set is removed, the element can be deactivated twice. This can cause a
    use-after-free issue on an NFT_CHAIN object or NFT_OBJECT object, allowing a local unprivileged user with
    CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2024-0193)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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  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:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-6817");

  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:"2023/12/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/01/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/01/25");

  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:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1035-gkeop");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1045-ibm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1045-raspi");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1049-gcp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1052-aws");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-92-generic");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-92-generic-64k");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-92-generic-lpae");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-92-lowlatency");
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  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

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  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 || '22.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04', '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': {
    '5.15.0': {
      'generic': '5.15.0-92',
      'generic-64k': '5.15.0-92',
      'generic-lpae': '5.15.0-92',
      'lowlatency': '5.15.0-92',
      'lowlatency-64k': '5.15.0-92',
      'gkeop': '5.15.0-1035',
      'ibm': '5.15.0-1045',
      'gcp': '5.15.0-1049',
      'aws': '5.15.0-1052'
    }
  },
  '22.04': {
    '5.15.0': {
      'generic': '5.15.0-92',
      'generic-64k': '5.15.0-92',
      'generic-lpae': '5.15.0-92',
      'gkeop': '5.15.0-1035',
      'ibm': '5.15.0-1045',
      'raspi': '5.15.0-1045',
      'gcp': '5.15.0-1049',
      'aws': '5.15.0-1052'
    }
  }
};

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 = 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-6609-1');
}

if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
  var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2023-6040', 'CVE-2023-6606', 'CVE-2023-6817', 'CVE-2023-6931', 'CVE-2023-6932', 'CVE-2024-0193');
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for USN-6609-1');
  }
  else
  {
    extra = extra + ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}
if (extra) {
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linux20.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux22.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts
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canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-5.15.0-1049-gcpp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1049-gcp
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-5.15.0-1052-awsp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1052-aws
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-5.15.0-92-genericp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-92-generic
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-5.15.0-92-generic-64kp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-92-generic-64k
canonicalubuntu_linuxlinux-image-5.15.0-92-generic-lpaep-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-92-generic-lpae
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7.8 High

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

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%