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Amazon Linux AMI : golang (ALAS-2016-687)

2016-04-2200:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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9

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.027 Low

EPSS

Percentile

90.6%

An infinite loop in several big integer routines was discovered that makes Go programs vulnerable to remote denial of service attacks.
Programs using HTTPS client authentication or the Go ssh server libraries are both exposed to this vulnerability.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2016-687.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(90629);
  script_version("2.4");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/04/18 15:09:35");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-3959");
  script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2016-687");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : golang (ALAS-2016-687)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"An infinite loop in several big integer routines was discovered that
makes Go programs vulnerable to remote denial of service attacks.
Programs using HTTPS client authentication or the Go ssh server
libraries are both exposed to this vulnerability."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-687.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Run 'yum update golang' to update your system."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-bin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-docs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-misc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-src");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-tests");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/04/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/04/22");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  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 != "A")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

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


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"golang-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"golang-bin-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"golang-docs-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"golang-misc-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"golang-src-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"golang-tests-1.5.3-1.21.amzn1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "golang / golang-bin / golang-docs / golang-misc / golang-src / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxgolangp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang
amazonlinuxgolang-binp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-bin
amazonlinuxgolang-docsp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-docs
amazonlinuxgolang-miscp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-misc
amazonlinuxgolang-srcp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-src
amazonlinuxgolang-testsp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-tests
amazonlinuxcpe:/o:amazon:linux

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.027 Low

EPSS

Percentile

90.6%