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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4424-1)

🗓️ 16 Jul 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'snapd' package(s) announced via the USN-4424-1 advisory. It was discovered that cloud-init as managed by snapd on Ubuntu Core 16 and Ubuntu Core 18 devices ran on every boot without restrictions. A physical attacker could exploit this to craft cloud-init user-data/meta-data via external media to perform arbitrary changes on the device to bypass intended security mechanisms such as full disk encryption. This issue did not affect traditional Ubuntu systems. It was discovered that snapctl user-open allowed altering the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable when calling the system xdg-open. A malicious snap could exploit this to bypass intended access restrictions to control how the host system xdg-open script opens the URL. This issue did not affect Ubuntu Core systems

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.844499");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-11933", "CVE-2020-11934");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-07-16 03:00:18 +0000 (Thu, 16 Jul 2020)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:07+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:07 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-08-05 18:54:57 +0000 (Wed, 05 Aug 2020)");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4424-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(16\.04\ LTS|18\.04\ LTS|19\.10|20\.04\ LTS)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-4424-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4424-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'snapd' package(s) announced via the USN-4424-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that cloud-init as managed by snapd on Ubuntu Core 16 and
Ubuntu Core 18 devices ran on every boot without restrictions. A physical
attacker could exploit this to craft cloud-init user-data/meta-data via
external media to perform arbitrary changes on the device to bypass
intended security mechanisms such as full disk encryption. This issue did
not affect traditional Ubuntu systems. (CVE-2020-11933)

It was discovered that snapctl user-open allowed altering the XDG_DATA_DIRS
environment variable when calling the system xdg-open. A malicious snap
could exploit this to bypass intended access restrictions to control how
the host system xdg-open script opens the URL. This issue did not affect
Ubuntu Core systems. (CVE-2020-11934)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'snapd' package(s) on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.10, Ubuntu 20.04.");

  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-deb.inc");

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

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "UBUNTU16.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"snapd", ver:"2.45.1ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU16.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU18.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"snapd", ver:"2.45.1+18.04.2", rls:"UBUNTU18.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU19.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"snapd", ver:"2.45.1+19.10.2", rls:"UBUNTU19.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU20.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"snapd", ver:"2.45.1+20.04.2", rls:"UBUNTU20.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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