Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : GSS NTLMSSP vulnerabilities (USN-7588-1)

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# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7588-1. The text
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# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
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  script_id(240491);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/06/25");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2023-25563",
    "CVE-2023-25564",
    "CVE-2023-25565",
    "CVE-2023-25567"
  );
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"7588-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : GSS NTLMSSP vulnerabilities (USN-7588-1)");

  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 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by
multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7588-1 advisory.

    Phil Turnbull discovered that GSS NTLMSSP may perform out-of-bounds reads

    when decoding NTLM fields and target information. An attacker could

    possibly use this issue to cause GSS NTLMSSP to crash, resulting in

    a denial of service. (CVE-2023-25563, CVE-2023-25567)

    Phil Turnbull discovered that GSS NTLMSSP did not properly initialize memory when decoding UTF16 strings.
    An attacker could possibly use

    this issue to trigger an out-of-bounds write, resulting in a crash. (CVE-2023-25564)

    Phil Turnbull discovered that GSS NTLMSSP did not properly handle memory cleanup. An attacker could
    possibly use this issue to cause an assertion failure, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-25565)

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-7588-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected gss-ntlmssp and / or gss-ntlmssp-dev packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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-2023-25564");

  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:"2023/02/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/06/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/06/25");

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  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:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gss-ntlmssp");
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  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2025 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2025 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 (! ('16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release || '20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 / 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 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': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'gss-ntlmssp', 'pkgver': '0.7.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'gss-ntlmssp-dev', 'pkgver': '0.7.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'gss-ntlmssp', 'pkgver': '0.7.0-4ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'gss-ntlmssp-dev', 'pkgver': '0.7.0-4ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'gss-ntlmssp', 'pkgver': '0.7.0-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'gss-ntlmssp-dev', 'pkgver': '0.7.0-4ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'gss-ntlmssp', 'pkgver': '0.7.0-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'gss-ntlmssp-dev', 'pkgver': '0.7.0-4ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE}
];

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'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  var pro_required = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['ubuntu_pro'])) pro_required = package_array['ubuntu_pro'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) {
        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_HOLE,
    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, 'gss-ntlmssp / gss-ntlmssp-dev');
}