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Amazon Linux AMI : golang (ALAS-2023-1871)

2023-10-1900:00:00
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amazon linux ami
golang
versions
alas-2023-1871
vulnerability
http/2
denial of service
nessus scanner

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

8.3

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.816

Percentile

98.4%

The version of golang installed on the remote host is prior to 1.20.10-1.48. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1871 advisory.

  • Line directives (//line) can be used to bypass the restrictions on //go:cgo_ directives, allowing blocked linker and compiler flags to be passed during compilation. This can result in unexpected execution of arbitrary code when running go build. The line directive requires the absolute path of the file in which the directive lives, which makes exploiting this issue significantly more complex. (CVE-2023-39323)

  • A malicious HTTP/2 client which rapidly creates requests and immediately resets them can cause excessive server resource consumption. While the total number of requests is bounded by the http2.Server.MaxConcurrentStreams setting, resetting an in-progress request allows the attacker to create a new request while the existing one is still executing. With the fix applied, HTTP/2 servers now bound the number of simultaneously executing handler goroutines to the stream concurrency limit (MaxConcurrentStreams). New requests arriving when at the limit (which can only happen after the client has reset an existing, in-flight request) will be queued until a handler exits. If the request queue grows too large, the server will terminate the connection. This issue is also fixed in golang.org/x/net/http2 for users manually configuring HTTP/2. The default stream concurrency limit is 250 streams (requests) per HTTP/2 connection. This value may be adjusted using the golang.org/x/net/http2 package; see the Server.MaxConcurrentStreams setting and the ConfigureServer function. (CVE-2023-39325)

  • The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. (CVE-2023-44487)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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 AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2023-1871.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(183407);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/02/23");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-39323", "CVE-2023-39325", "CVE-2023-44487");
  script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2023/10/31");
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2023-B-0080-S");
  script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2024-0004");
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2023-B-0083-S");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : golang (ALAS-2023-1871)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of golang installed on the remote host is prior to 1.20.10-1.48. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1871 advisory.

  - Line directives (//line) can be used to bypass the restrictions on //go:cgo_ directives, allowing
    blocked linker and compiler flags to be passed during compilation. This can result in unexpected execution
    of arbitrary code when running go build. The line directive requires the absolute path of the file in
    which the directive lives, which makes exploiting this issue significantly more complex. (CVE-2023-39323)

  - A malicious HTTP/2 client which rapidly creates requests and immediately resets them can cause excessive
    server resource consumption. While the total number of requests is bounded by the
    http2.Server.MaxConcurrentStreams setting, resetting an in-progress request allows the attacker to create
    a new request while the existing one is still executing. With the fix applied, HTTP/2 servers now bound
    the number of simultaneously executing handler goroutines to the stream concurrency limit
    (MaxConcurrentStreams). New requests arriving when at the limit (which can only happen after the client
    has reset an existing, in-flight request) will be queued until a handler exits. If the request queue grows
    too large, the server will terminate the connection. This issue is also fixed in golang.org/x/net/http2
    for users manually configuring HTTP/2. The default stream concurrency limit is 250 streams (requests) per
    HTTP/2 connection. This value may be adjusted using the golang.org/x/net/http2 package; see the
    Server.MaxConcurrentStreams setting and the ConfigureServer function. (CVE-2023-39325)

  - The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation
    can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. (CVE-2023-44487)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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/ALAS-2023-1871.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-39323.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-39325.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-44487.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update golang' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-39323");

  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:"2023/10/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/10/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/10/19");

  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-shared");
  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:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2024 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("rpm.inc");

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

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_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);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'golang-1.20.10-1.48.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'golang-1.20.10-1.48.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'golang-bin-1.20.10-1.48.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'golang-bin-1.20.10-1.48.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'golang-docs-1.20.10-1.48.amzn1', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'golang-misc-1.20.10-1.48.amzn1', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'golang-shared-1.20.10-1.48.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'golang-shared-1.20.10-1.48.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'golang-src-1.20.10-1.48.amzn1', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'golang-tests-1.20.10-1.48.amzn1', 'release':'ALA', '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_HOLE,
      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, "golang / golang-bin / golang-docs / etc");
}

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

8.3

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.816

Percentile

98.4%