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HistoryMay 23, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : klibc vulnerabilities (USN-6736-2)

2024-05-2300:00:00
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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5
ubuntu 24.04 lts
klibc vulnerabilities
arbitrary code execution
zlib
pointer arithmetic
memory handling

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

9.8 High

CVSS3

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

8.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.013 Low

EPSS

Percentile

86.2%

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6736-2 advisory.

USN-6736-1 fixed vulnerabilities in klibc. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04     LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that zlib, vendored in klibc, incorrectly handled pointer

arithmetic. An attacker could use this issue to cause klibc to crash or to

possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9840, CVE-2016-9841)

Danilo Ramos discovered that zlib, vendored in klibc, incorrectly handled

memory when performing certain deflating operations. An attacker could use

this issue to cause klibc to crash or to possibly execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2018-25032)

Evgeny Legerov discovered that zlib, vendored in klibc, incorrectly handled

memory when performing certain inflate operations. An attacker could use

this issue to cause klibc to crash or to possibly execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2022-37434)

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-6736-2. 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(197834);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/05/23");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2016-9840",
    "CVE-2016-9841",
    "CVE-2018-25032",
    "CVE-2022-37434"
  );
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6736-2");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : klibc vulnerabilities (USN-6736-2)");

  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 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in
the USN-6736-2 advisory.

    USN-6736-1 fixed vulnerabilities in klibc. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04
    LTS.

    Original advisory details:

    It was discovered that zlib, vendored in klibc, incorrectly handled pointer

    arithmetic. An attacker could use this issue to cause klibc to crash or to

    possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9840, CVE-2016-9841)

    Danilo Ramos discovered that zlib, vendored in klibc, incorrectly handled

    memory when performing certain deflating operations. An attacker could use

    this issue to cause klibc to crash or to possibly execute arbitrary code.

    (CVE-2018-25032)

    Evgeny Legerov discovered that zlib, vendored in klibc, incorrectly handled

    memory when performing certain inflate operations. An attacker could use

    this issue to cause klibc to crash or to possibly execute arbitrary code.

    (CVE-2022-37434)

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-6736-2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected klibc-utils, libklibc and / or libklibc-dev packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  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-2016-9841");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-37434");

  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:"2016/12/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/05/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/05/23");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:klibc-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libklibc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libklibc-dev");
  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 (! ('24.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 24.04', '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 pkgs = [
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'klibc-utils', 'pkgver': '2.0.13-4ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libklibc', 'pkgver': '2.0.13-4ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libklibc-dev', 'pkgver': '2.0.13-4ubuntu0.1'}
];

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_HOLE,
    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, 'klibc-utils / libklibc / libklibc-dev');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibklibcp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libklibc
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibklibc-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libklibc-dev
canonicalubuntu_linuxklibc-utilsp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:klibc-utils
canonicalubuntu_linux24.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

9.8 High

CVSS3

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

8.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.013 Low

EPSS

Percentile

86.2%