CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2023:3705 advisory.
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel Performance Events system can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The perf_group_detach function did not check the event’s siblings’ attach_state before calling add_event_to_groups(), but remove_on_exec made it possible to call list_del_event() on before detaching from their group, making it possible to use a dangling pointer causing a use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading past commit fd0815f632c24878e325821943edccc7fde947a2. (CVE-2023-2235)
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 these issues 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-2023:3705.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(177479);
script_version("1.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-2235", "CVE-2023-32233");
script_xref(name:"ALSA", value:"2023:3705");
script_name(english:"AlmaLinux 9 : kpatch-patch (ALSA-2023:3705)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
ALSA-2023:3705 advisory.
- A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel Performance Events system can be exploited to achieve
local privilege escalation. The perf_group_detach function did not check the event's siblings'
attach_state before calling add_event_to_groups(), but remove_on_exec made it possible to call
list_del_event() on before detaching from their group, making it possible to use a dangling pointer
causing a use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading past commit
fd0815f632c24878e325821943edccc7fde947a2. (CVE-2023-2235)
- 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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-3705.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel package.");
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:"2023/05/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/06/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/06/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:kernel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::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:"^9([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'AlmaLinux 9.x', 'AlmaLinux ' + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && '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-2023-2235', 'CVE-2023-32233');
if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
{
audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for ALSA-2023:3705');
}
else
{
__rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
}
}
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'kernel-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'9', '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, 'kernel');
}
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%