CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6973-3 advisory.
It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A privileged local attacker could use this to possibly cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-24860)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- SuperH RISC architecture;
- MMC subsystem;
- Network drivers;
- SCSI drivers;
- GFS2 file system;
- IPv4 networking;
- IPv6 networking;
- HD-audio driver; (CVE-2024-26830, CVE-2024-39484, CVE-2024-36901, CVE-2024-26929, CVE-2024-26921, CVE-2021-46926, CVE-2023-52629, CVE-2023-52760)
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-6973-3. 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(206220);
script_version("1.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/27");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2021-46926",
"CVE-2023-52629",
"CVE-2023-52760",
"CVE-2024-24860",
"CVE-2024-26830",
"CVE-2024-26921",
"CVE-2024-26929",
"CVE-2024-36901",
"CVE-2024-39484"
);
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6973-3");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities (USN-6973-3)");
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 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in
the USN-6973-3 advisory.
It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel, leading to
a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A privileged local attacker could use this to possibly cause a
denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-24860)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to
compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- SuperH RISC architecture;
- MMC subsystem;
- Network drivers;
- SCSI drivers;
- GFS2 file system;
- IPv4 networking;
- IPv6 networking;
- HD-audio driver; (CVE-2024-26830, CVE-2024-39484, CVE-2024-36901, CVE-2024-26929, CVE-2024-26921,
CVE-2021-46926, CVE-2023-52629, CVE-2023-52760)
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-6973-3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel package.");
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: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: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-2024-26929");
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:"2024/02/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/08/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/08/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.4.0-1131-aws");
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", "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)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 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 kernel_mappings = {
'18.04': {
'5.4.0': {
'aws': '5.4.0-1131'
}
}
};
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-6973-3');
}
if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2021-46926', 'CVE-2023-52629', 'CVE-2023-52760', 'CVE-2024-24860', 'CVE-2024-26830', 'CVE-2024-26921', 'CVE-2024-26929', 'CVE-2024-36901', 'CVE-2024-39484');
if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
{
audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for USN-6973-3');
}
else
{
extra = extra + ksplice_reporting_text();
}
}
if (extra) {
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-46926
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-52629
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-52760
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-24860
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-26830
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-26921
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-26929
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-36901
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-39484
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6973-3