Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-16873

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  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-16873");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-16873");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - In Go before 1.10.6 and 1.11.x before 1.11.3, the go get command is vulnerable to remote code execution
    when executed with the -u flag and the import path of a malicious Go package, or a package that imports it
    directly or indirectly. Specifically, it is only vulnerable in GOPATH mode, but not in module mode (the
    distinction is documented at https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Module_aware_go_get). Using custom domains,
    it's possible to arrange things so that a Git repository is cloned to a folder named .git by using a
    vanity import path that ends with /.git. If the Git repository root contains a HEAD file, a config
    file, an objects directory, a refs directory, with some work to ensure the proper ordering of
    operations, go get -u can be tricked into considering the parent directory as a repository root, and
    running Git commands on it. That will use the config file in the original Git repository root for its
    configuration, and if that config file contains malicious commands, they will execute on the system
    running go get -u. (CVE-2018-16873)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16873");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/12/13");
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Ubuntu Linux-14.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "golang-1.10"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "golang-1.10"},
          {"reference": "golang-1.6"},
          {"reference": "golang-1.6-doc"},
          {"reference": "golang-1.6-go"},
          {"reference": "golang-1.6-src"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "golang-1.10"},
          {"reference": "golang-1.10-doc"},
          {"reference": "golang-1.10-go"},
          {"reference": "golang-1.10-src"},
          {"reference": "golang-1.8"},
          {"reference": "golang-1.9"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "golang"},
          {"reference": "golang-bin"},
          {"reference": "golang-docs"},
          {"reference": "golang-misc"},
          {"reference": "golang-src"},
          {"reference": "golang-tests"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "golang"},
          {"reference": "golang-bin"},
          {"reference": "golang-docs"},
          {"reference": "golang-misc"},
          {"reference": "golang-src"},
          {"reference": "golang-tests"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}