CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
AI Score
Confidence
Low
The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6998-1 advisory.
It was discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled string comparisons, which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could
potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-43167)
It was discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled memory in
cfg_mark_ports, which could lead to a heap buffer overflow. A local
attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-43168)
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-6998-1. 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(206979);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/09/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-43167", "CVE-2024-43168");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6998-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Unbound vulnerabilities (USN-6998-1)");
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 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that
are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6998-1 advisory.
It was discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled string comparisons, which could lead to a NULL pointer
dereference. An attacker could
potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-43167)
It was discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled memory in
cfg_mark_ports, which could lead to a heap buffer overflow. A local
attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-43168)
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-6998-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");
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:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-43167");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-43168");
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:"2024/08/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/09/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/09/11");
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:24.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libunbound-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libunbound2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libunbound8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-unbound");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-unbound");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unbound");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unbound-anchor");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unbound-host");
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");
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 || '24.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 14.04 / 16.04 / 18.04 / 20.04 / 22.04 / 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 ubuntu_pro_detected = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/Pro/Services/esm-apps');
ubuntu_pro_detected = !empty_or_null(ubuntu_pro_detected);
var pro_caveat_needed = FALSE;
var pkgs = [
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libunbound-dev', 'pkgver': '1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.3+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libunbound2', 'pkgver': '1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.3+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'python-unbound', 'pkgver': '1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.3+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound', 'pkgver': '1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.3+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound-anchor', 'pkgver': '1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.3+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound-host', 'pkgver': '1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.3+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libunbound-dev', 'pkgver': '1.5.8-1ubuntu1.1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libunbound2', 'pkgver': '1.5.8-1ubuntu1.1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'python-unbound', 'pkgver': '1.5.8-1ubuntu1.1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound', 'pkgver': '1.5.8-1ubuntu1.1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound-anchor', 'pkgver': '1.5.8-1ubuntu1.1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound-host', 'pkgver': '1.5.8-1ubuntu1.1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libunbound-dev', 'pkgver': '1.6.7-1ubuntu2.6+esm2', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libunbound2', 'pkgver': '1.6.7-1ubuntu2.6+esm2', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'python-unbound', 'pkgver': '1.6.7-1ubuntu2.6+esm2', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-unbound', 'pkgver': '1.6.7-1ubuntu2.6+esm2', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound', 'pkgver': '1.6.7-1ubuntu2.6+esm2', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound-anchor', 'pkgver': '1.6.7-1ubuntu2.6+esm2', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound-host', 'pkgver': '1.6.7-1ubuntu2.6+esm2', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libunbound-dev', 'pkgver': '1.9.4-2ubuntu1.8', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libunbound8', 'pkgver': '1.9.4-2ubuntu1.8', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'python-unbound', 'pkgver': '1.9.4-2ubuntu1.8', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-unbound', 'pkgver': '1.9.4-2ubuntu1.8', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound', 'pkgver': '1.9.4-2ubuntu1.8', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound-anchor', 'pkgver': '1.9.4-2ubuntu1.8', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound-host', 'pkgver': '1.9.4-2ubuntu1.8', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libunbound-dev', 'pkgver': '1.13.1-1ubuntu5.7', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libunbound8', 'pkgver': '1.13.1-1ubuntu5.7', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-unbound', 'pkgver': '1.13.1-1ubuntu5.7', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound', 'pkgver': '1.13.1-1ubuntu5.7', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound-anchor', 'pkgver': '1.13.1-1ubuntu5.7', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound-host', 'pkgver': '1.13.1-1ubuntu5.7', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libunbound-dev', 'pkgver': '1.19.2-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libunbound8', 'pkgver': '1.19.2-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-unbound', 'pkgver': '1.19.2-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound', 'pkgver': '1.19.2-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound-anchor', 'pkgver': '1.19.2-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
{'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'unbound-host', 'pkgver': '1.19.2-1ubuntu3.2', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var 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'];
var pro_required = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['ubuntu_pro'])) pro_required = package_array['ubuntu_pro'];
if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) {
flag++;
if (!ubuntu_pro_detected && !pro_caveat_needed) pro_caveat_needed = pro_required;
}
}
}
if (flag)
{
var extra = '';
if (pro_caveat_needed) {
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';
}
extra += ubuntu_report_get();
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_NOTE,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libunbound-dev / libunbound2 / libunbound8 / python-unbound / etc');
}