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Amazon Linux 2022 : (ALAS2022-2022-040)

2022-09-0600:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2022-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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amazon linux 2022
security update
cve-2021-3997
denial of service
systemd
nessus
dnf update

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

23.6%

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-040 advisory.

  • A flaw was found in systemd. An uncontrolled recursion in systemd-tmpfiles may lead to a denial of service at boot time when too many nested directories are created in /tmp. (CVE-2021-3997)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2022 Security Advisory ALAS2022-2022-040.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(164728);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-3997");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2022 :  (ALAS2022-2022-040)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2022 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-040 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in systemd. An uncontrolled recursion in systemd-tmpfiles may lead to a denial of service
    at boot time when too many nested directories are created in /tmp. (CVE-2021-3997)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2022/ALAS-2022-040.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3997.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'dnf update --releasever=2022.0.20220308 systemd' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-3997");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/03/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/03/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/09/06");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-container");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-container-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-journal-remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-journal-remote-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-libs-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-networkd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-networkd-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-oomd-defaults");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-pam");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-pam-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-rpm-macros");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-standalone-sysusers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-standalone-sysusers-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-standalone-tmpfiles");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-standalone-tmpfiles-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-tests");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-tests-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-udev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-udev-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2022-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "-2022")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2022", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'systemd-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-container-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-container-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-container-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-container-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-container-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-container-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-debugsource-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-debugsource-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-debugsource-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-devel-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-devel-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-devel-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-journal-remote-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-journal-remote-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-journal-remote-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-journal-remote-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-journal-remote-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-journal-remote-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-libs-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-libs-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-libs-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-libs-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-libs-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-libs-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-networkd-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-networkd-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-networkd-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-networkd-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-networkd-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-networkd-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-oomd-defaults-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-oomd-defaults-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-oomd-defaults-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-pam-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-pam-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-pam-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-pam-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-pam-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-pam-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-rpm-macros-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-standalone-sysusers-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-standalone-sysusers-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-standalone-sysusers-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-standalone-sysusers-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-standalone-sysusers-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-standalone-sysusers-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-standalone-tmpfiles-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-standalone-tmpfiles-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-standalone-tmpfiles-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-standalone-tmpfiles-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-standalone-tmpfiles-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-standalone-tmpfiles-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-tests-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-tests-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-tests-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-tests-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-tests-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-tests-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-udev-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-udev-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-udev-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-udev-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-udev-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'systemd-udev-debuginfo-248.10-1.amzn2022.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2022', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (reference && release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:release, sp:sp, cpu:cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "systemd / systemd-container / systemd-container-debuginfo / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxsystemdp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd
amazonlinuxsystemd-containerp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-container
amazonlinuxsystemd-container-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-container-debuginfo
amazonlinuxsystemd-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-debuginfo
amazonlinuxsystemd-debugsourcep-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-debugsource
amazonlinuxsystemd-develp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-devel
amazonlinuxsystemd-journal-remotep-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-journal-remote
amazonlinuxsystemd-journal-remote-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-journal-remote-debuginfo
amazonlinuxsystemd-libsp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-libs
amazonlinuxsystemd-libs-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:systemd-libs-debuginfo
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5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

23.6%