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CentOS 9 : libarchive-3.5.3-4.el9

2024-02-2900:00:00
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centos 9
vulnerability
libarchive-3.5.3-4.el9
null pointer dereference
cwe-476
code-execution impact
cve-2022-36227
nessus scanner.

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

9.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

76.2%

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the libarchive-3.5.3-4.el9 build changelog.

  • In libarchive before 3.6.2, the software does not check for an error after calling calloc function that can return with a NULL pointer if the function fails, which leads to a resultant NULL pointer dereference.
    NOTE: the discoverer cites this CWE-476 remark but third parties dispute the code-execution impact: In rare circumstances, when NULL is equivalent to the 0x0 memory address and privileged code can access it, then writing or reading memory is possible, which may lead to code execution. (CVE-2022-36227)

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
# the CentOS Stream Build Service.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(191248);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/04/26");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-36227");

  script_name(english:"CentOS 9 : libarchive-3.5.3-4.el9");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for bsdcat.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
libarchive-3.5.3-4.el9 build changelog.

  - In libarchive before 3.6.2, the software does not check for an error after calling calloc function that
    can return with a NULL pointer if the function fails, which leads to a resultant NULL pointer dereference.
    NOTE: the discoverer cites this CWE-476 remark but third parties dispute the code-execution impact: In
    rare circumstances, when NULL is equivalent to the 0x0 memory address and privileged code can access it,
    then writing or reading memory is possible, which may lead to code execution. (CVE-2022-36227)

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://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=27714");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the CentOS 9 Stream bsdcat package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-36227");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/11/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/12/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/02/29");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:centos:centos:9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bsdcat");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bsdcpio");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bsdtar");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libarchive");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libarchive-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 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/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


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

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/CentOS/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'CentOS' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'CentOS');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Stream)?(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'CentOS');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_ver, rhel_version: '9')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'CentOS 9.x', 'CentOS ' + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/CentOS/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 && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'CentOS', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'bsdcat-3.5.3-4.el9', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'bsdcpio-3.5.3-4.el9', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'bsdtar-3.5.3-4.el9', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'libarchive-3.5.3-4.el9', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'libarchive-devel-3.5.3-4.el9', '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;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = 'CentOS-' + 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 (reference && _release) {
    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, 'bsdcat / bsdcpio / bsdtar / libarchive / libarchive-devel');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
centoscentos9cpe:/a:centos:centos:9
centoscentosbsdcatp-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bsdcat
centoscentosbsdcpiop-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bsdcpio
centoscentoslibarchivep-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libarchive
centoscentoslibarchive-develp-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libarchive-devel
centoscentosbsdtarp-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bsdtar

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

9.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

76.2%