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AlmaLinux 8 : kernel (ALSA-2023:3349)

2023-06-0500:00:00
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almalinux 8
kernel vulnerability
unprivileged local users
root privileges
netfilter nf_tables
arbitrary read and write operations
kernel memory
cve-2023-32233
nessus scanner

AI Score

7.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2023:3349 advisory.

  • In the Linux kernel through 6.3.1, a use-after-free in Netfilter nf_tables when processing batch requests can be abused to perform arbitrary read and write operations on kernel memory. Unprivileged local users can obtain root privileges. This occurs because anonymous sets are mishandled. (CVE-2023-32233)

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 package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# AlmaLinux Security Advisory ALSA-2023:3349.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(176669);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-32233");
  script_xref(name:"ALSA", value:"2023:3349");

  script_name(english:"AlmaLinux 8 : kernel (ALSA-2023:3349)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
ALSA-2023:3349 advisory.

  - In the Linux kernel through 6.3.1, a use-after-free in Netfilter nf_tables when processing batch requests
    can be abused to perform arbitrary read and write operations on kernel memory. Unprivileged local users
    can obtain root privileges. This occurs because anonymous sets are mishandled. (CVE-2023-32233)

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://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-3349.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-32233");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(416);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/05/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/05/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/06/05");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:bpftool");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-abi-stablelists");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-cross-headers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-debug-modules-extra");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-modules-extra");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-tools-libs-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-perf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Alma 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", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AlmaLinux/release", "Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');
include('ksplice.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/AlmaLinux/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'AlmaLinux' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "AlmaLinux release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'AlmaLinux');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^8([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux 8.x', 'AlmaLinux ' + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'AlmaLinux', cpu);

if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
  rm_kb_item(name:'Host/uptrack-uname-r');
  var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2023-32233');
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for ALSA-2023:3349');
  }
  else
  {
    __rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}
var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'bpftool-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'bpftool-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-core-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-core-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-debug-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-debug-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-devel-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-devel-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-modules-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-modules-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-zfcpdump-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-zfcpdump-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-zfcpdump-core-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-zfcpdump-core-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-zfcpdump-devel-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-zfcpdump-devel-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-zfcpdump-modules-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-zfcpdump-modules-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'perf-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'perf-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python3-perf-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python3-perf-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', '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 = 'Alma-' + 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, 'bpftool / kernel / kernel-abi-stablelists / kernel-core / etc');
}