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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6707-3)

🗓️ 26 Mar 2024 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AGType 
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The Ubuntu 'linux-aws, linux-aws-6.5' package(s) version USN-6707-3 advisory addresses multiple CVEs including a use-after-free vulnerability

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2024.6707.3");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-1085", "CVE-2024-1086", "CVE-2024-26597", "CVE-2024-26599");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-03-26 14:08:48 +0000 (Tue, 26 Mar 2024)");
  script_version("2024-08-08T05:05:41+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-08-08 05:05:41 +0000 (Thu, 08 Aug 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/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:"2024-04-17 19:34:01 +0000 (Wed, 17 Apr 2024)");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6707-3)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 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(22\.04\ LTS|23\.10)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-6707-3");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6707-3");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux-aws, linux-aws-6.5' package(s) announced via the USN-6707-3 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Lonial Con discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did
not properly handle element deactivation in certain cases, leading to a
use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a
denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-1085)

Notselwyn discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did
not properly handle verdict parameters in certain cases, leading to a use-
after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial
of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-1086)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
 - Network drivers,
 - PWM drivers,
(CVE-2024-26597, CVE-2024-26599)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'linux-aws, linux-aws-6.5' package(s) on Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.10.");

  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");
  script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");

  exit(0);
}

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

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

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "UBUNTU22.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"linux-image-6.5.0-1016-aws", ver:"6.5.0-1016.16~22.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU22.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"linux-image-aws", ver:"6.5.0.1016.16~22.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU22.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU23.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"linux-image-6.5.0-1016-aws", ver:"6.5.0-1016.16", rls:"UBUNTU23.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"linux-image-aws", ver:"6.5.0.1016.16", rls:"UBUNTU23.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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