Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-44487

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  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-44487");
  script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2023/10/31");
  script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2024-0004");

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  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.

  - The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation
    can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. (CVE-2023-44487)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/10/10");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:toolbox-tests");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dnsdist");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:grpc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:h2o");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nginx");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:varnish");
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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 = {
  "Debian Linux-12": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "dnsdist"},
          {"reference": "h2o"},
          {"reference": "h2o-doc"},
          {"reference": "libgrpc++-dev"},
          {"reference": "libgrpc++1.51"},
          {"reference": "libgrpc-dev"},
          {"reference": "libgrpc29"},
          {"reference": "libh2o-dev"},
          {"reference": "libh2o-dev-common"},
          {"reference": "libh2o-evloop-dev"},
          {"reference": "libh2o-evloop0.13"},
          {"reference": "libh2o0.13"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-geoip"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-image-filter"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-perl"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-xslt-filter"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-mail"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-stream"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-stream-geoip"},
          {"reference": "libvarnishapi-dev"},
          {"reference": "libvarnishapi3"},
          {"reference": "nginx"},
          {"reference": "nginx-common"},
          {"reference": "nginx-core"},
          {"reference": "nginx-dev"},
          {"reference": "nginx-doc"},
          {"reference": "nginx-extras"},
          {"reference": "nginx-full"},
          {"reference": "nginx-light"},
          {"reference": "protobuf-compiler-grpc"},
          {"reference": "python3-grpcio"},
          {"reference": "ruby-grpc"},
          {"reference": "ruby-grpc-tools"},
          {"reference": "varnish"},
          {"reference": "varnish-doc"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "dnsdist"},
          {"reference": "h2o"},
          {"reference": "h2o-doc"},
          {"reference": "libgrpc++-dev"},
          {"reference": "libgrpc++1"},
          {"reference": "libgrpc-dev"},
          {"reference": "libgrpc10"},
          {"reference": "libh2o-dev"},
          {"reference": "libh2o-dev-common"},
          {"reference": "libh2o-evloop-dev"},
          {"reference": "libh2o-evloop0.13"},
          {"reference": "libh2o0.13"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-cache-purge"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-dav-ext"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-echo"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-fancyindex"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-geoip"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-geoip2"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-headers-more-filter"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-image-filter"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-lua"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-ndk"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-perl"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-subs-filter"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-uploadprogress"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-upstream-fair"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-http-xslt-filter"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-mail"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-nchan"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-rtmp"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-stream"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-stream-geoip"},
          {"reference": "libnginx-mod-stream-geoip2"},
          {"reference": "libvarnishapi-dev"},
          {"reference": "libvarnishapi2"},
          {"reference": "nginx"},
          {"reference": "nginx-common"},
          {"reference": "nginx-core"},
          {"reference": "nginx-doc"},
          {"reference": "nginx-extras"},
          {"reference": "nginx-full"},
          {"reference": "nginx-light"},
          {"reference": "protobuf-compiler-grpc"},
          {"reference": "python3-grpcio"},
          {"reference": "ruby-grpc"},
          {"reference": "ruby-grpc-tools"},
          {"reference": "varnish"},
          {"reference": "varnish-doc"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-13": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "13",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libgrpc++-dev"},
          {"reference": "libgrpc++1.51t64"},
          {"reference": "libgrpc-dev"},
          {"reference": "libgrpc29t64"},
          {"reference": "protobuf-compiler-grpc"},
          {"reference": "python3-grpcio"},
          {"reference": "ruby-grpc"},
          {"reference": "ruby-grpc-tools"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-14": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libgrpc++-dev"},
          {"reference": "libgrpc++1.51t64"},
          {"reference": "libgrpc-dev"},
          {"reference": "libgrpc29t64"},
          {"reference": "protobuf-compiler-grpc"},
          {"reference": "python3-grpcio"},
          {"reference": "ruby-grpc"},
          {"reference": "ruby-grpc-tools"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "toolbox"},
          {"reference": "toolbox-tests"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "toolbox"},
          {"reference": "toolbox-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 third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
    var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
    if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
        var vendor;
        foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
            if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
        }
    }
}

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');
}