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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5226-1)

🗓️ 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'systemd' package(s) announced via the USN-5226-1 advisory. It was discovered that systemd-tmpfiles employed uncontrolled recursion when removing deeply nested directory hierarchies. A local attacker could exploit this to cause systemd-tmpfiles to crash or have other unspecified impacts. Please install the updated package(s)

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.845192");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-3997");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-01-13 02:00:28 +0000 (Thu, 13 Jan 2022)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:10 +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:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-08-27 01:54:52 +0000 (Sat, 27 Aug 2022)");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5226-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 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(20\.04\ LTS|21\.04|21\.10)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-5226-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5226-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'systemd' package(s) announced via the USN-5226-1 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 systemd-tmpfiles employed uncontrolled recursion
when removing deeply nested directory hierarchies. A local attacker could
exploit this to cause systemd-tmpfiles to crash or have other unspecified
impacts.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'systemd' package(s) on Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 21.04, Ubuntu 21.10.");

  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 == "UBUNTU20.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"systemd", ver:"245.4-4ubuntu3.15", rls:"UBUNTU20.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU21.04") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"systemd", ver:"247.3-3ubuntu3.7", rls:"UBUNTU21.04"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU21.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"systemd", ver:"248.3-1ubuntu8.2", rls:"UBUNTU21.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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