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HistoryFeb 15, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : shadow vulnerability (USN-6640-1)

2024-02-1500:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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ubuntu
shadow vulnerability
usn-6640-1
flaw
shadow-utils
password
buffer
memory
cve-2023-4641
nessus
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5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.3%

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6640-1 advisory.

  • A flaw was found in shadow-utils. When asking for a new password, shadow-utils asks the password twice. If the password fails on the second attempt, shadow-utils fails in cleaning the buffer used to store the first entry. This may allow an attacker with enough access to retrieve the password from the memory.
    (CVE-2023-4641)

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-6640-1. 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(190598);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/02/15");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-4641");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6640-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : shadow vulnerability (USN-6640-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has packages installed that are
affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6640-1 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in shadow-utils. When asking for a new password, shadow-utils asks the password twice. If
    the password fails on the second attempt, shadow-utils fails in cleaning the buffer used to store the
    first entry. This may allow an attacker with enough access to retrieve the password from the memory.
    (CVE-2023-4641)

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-6640-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/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:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-4641");

  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:"2023/11/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/02/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/02/15");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  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:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsubid-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsubid4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:login");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:passwd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uidmap");
  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) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.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 (! ('14.04' >< os_release || '16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release || '20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release || '23.10' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 14.04 / 16.04 / 18.04 / 20.04 / 22.04 / 23.10', '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 pkgs = [
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'login', 'pkgver': '1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5+esm4'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'passwd', 'pkgver': '1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5+esm4'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'uidmap', 'pkgver': '1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.5+esm4'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'login', 'pkgver': '1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.5+esm4'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'passwd', 'pkgver': '1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.5+esm4'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'uidmap', 'pkgver': '1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.5+esm4'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'login', 'pkgver': '1:4.5-1ubuntu2.5+esm1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'passwd', 'pkgver': '1:4.5-1ubuntu2.5+esm1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'uidmap', 'pkgver': '1:4.5-1ubuntu2.5+esm1'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'login', 'pkgver': '1:4.8.1-1ubuntu5.20.04.5'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'passwd', 'pkgver': '1:4.8.1-1ubuntu5.20.04.5'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'uidmap', 'pkgver': '1:4.8.1-1ubuntu5.20.04.5'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'login', 'pkgver': '1:4.8.1-2ubuntu2.2'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'passwd', 'pkgver': '1:4.8.1-2ubuntu2.2'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'uidmap', 'pkgver': '1:4.8.1-2ubuntu2.2'},
    {'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'libsubid-dev', 'pkgver': '1:4.13+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'libsubid4', 'pkgver': '1:4.13+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'login', 'pkgver': '1:4.13+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'passwd', 'pkgver': '1:4.13+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'uidmap', 'pkgver': '1:4.13+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach 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'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libsubid-dev / libsubid4 / login / passwd / uidmap');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linuxuidmapp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uidmap
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux18.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux20.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux22.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux23.10cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibsubid-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsubid-dev
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibsubid4p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsubid4
canonicalubuntu_linuxloginp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:login
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5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.3%