Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2016-757)

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if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120746");
  script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5195");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-10-26 12:38:28 +0000 (Wed, 26 Oct 2016)");
  script_version("2024-07-25T05:05:41+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-07-25 05:05:41 +0000 (Thu, 25 Jul 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-07-24 14:27:14 +0000 (Wed, 24 Jul 2024)");

  script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2016-757)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/amazon_linux", "ssh/login/release");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"ALAS-2016-757");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-757.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2016-757 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of private read-only memory mappings. An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to gain write access to otherwise read-only memory mappings and thus increase their privileges on the system.

(Updated 2016-11-10: This advisory was upgraded to Critical.)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'kernel' package(s) on Amazon Linux.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "AMAZON") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel", rpm:"kernel~4.4.23~31.54.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-debuginfo", rpm:"kernel-debuginfo~4.4.23~31.54.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-debuginfo-common-i686", rpm:"kernel-debuginfo-common-i686~4.4.23~31.54.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64", rpm:"kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64~4.4.23~31.54.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-devel", rpm:"kernel-devel~4.4.23~31.54.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-doc", rpm:"kernel-doc~4.4.23~31.54.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-headers", rpm:"kernel-headers~4.4.23~31.54.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-tools", rpm:"kernel-tools~4.4.23~31.54.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-tools-debuginfo", rpm:"kernel-tools-debuginfo~4.4.23~31.54.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-tools-devel", rpm:"kernel-tools-devel~4.4.23~31.54.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perf", rpm:"perf~4.4.23~31.54.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perf-debuginfo", rpm:"perf-debuginfo~4.4.23~31.54.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);