Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : dpkg vulnerability (USN-8249-1)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8249-1. 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(314220);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/05/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-2219");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"8249-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : dpkg vulnerability (USN-8249-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the USN-8249-1 advisory.

    Yashashree Gund discovered that the dpkg dpkg-deb tool incorrectly handled certain zstd-compressed .deb
    archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into manipulating a specially crafted .deb archive, a
    remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause dpkg-deb to stop responding, resulting in a denial
    of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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-8249-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N/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-2026-2219");

  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:"2026/03/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/05/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/05/11");

  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:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dpkg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dpkg-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dselect");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdpkg-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdpkg-perl");
  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) 2026 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2026 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 || '25.10' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 24.04 / 25.10', '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': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'dpkg', 'pkgver': '1.22.6ubuntu6.6'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'dpkg-dev', 'pkgver': '1.22.6ubuntu6.6'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'dselect', 'pkgver': '1.22.6ubuntu6.6'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libdpkg-dev', 'pkgver': '1.22.6ubuntu6.6'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libdpkg-perl', 'pkgver': '1.22.6ubuntu6.6'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'dpkg', 'pkgver': '1.22.21ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'dpkg-dev', 'pkgver': '1.22.21ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'dselect', 'pkgver': '1.22.21ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libdpkg-dev', 'pkgver': '1.22.21ubuntu3.2'},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libdpkg-perl', 'pkgver': '1.22.21ubuntu3.2'}
];

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'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  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, 'dpkg / dpkg-dev / dselect / libdpkg-dev / libdpkg-perl');
}