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Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2019-1253)

2019-08-1200:00:00
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54

2.1 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

5.6 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

35.1%

There is a newly discovered variant side-channel attack of Spectre V1 which leverages SWAPGS instructions to bypass KPTI/KVA mitigations.
This could lead to a kernel information disclosure. (CVE-2019-1125)

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALAS-2019-1253.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(127461);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/05/30");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-1125");
  script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2019-1253");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2019-1253)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"There is a newly discovered variant side-channel attack of Spectre V1
which leverages SWAPGS instructions to bypass KPTI/KVA mitigations.
This could lead to a kernel information disclosure. (CVE-2019-1125)");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2019-1253.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update kernel' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-1125");

  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:"2019/09/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/08/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/08/12");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2024 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("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


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

release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

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


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-devel-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", reference:"kernel-headers-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-tools-devel-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"perf-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"perf-debuginfo-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-perf-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.133-113.112.amzn2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_note(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "kernel / kernel-debuginfo / kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxkernel-tools-develp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel
amazonlinuxkernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
amazonlinuxpython-perfp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf
amazonlinuxperfp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf
amazonlinuxperf-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo
amazonlinuxkernel-tools-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo
amazonlinuxkernel-toolsp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools
amazonlinuxkernel-develp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel
amazonlinuxpython-perf-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf-debuginfo
amazonlinuxkernelp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel
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2.1 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

5.6 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

35.1%