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Oracle Linux 9 : libssh (ELSA-2023-6643)

2023-11-1600:00:00
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oracle linux 9
libssh
elsa-2023-6643
authentication
memory allocation
cve-2023-2283
null pointer dereference
denial of service
cve-2023-1667
nessus
version number scanner

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

7.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

52.0%

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-6643 advisory.

  • A vulnerability was found in libssh, where the authentication check of the connecting client can be bypassed in thepki_verify_data_signature function in memory allocation problems. This issue may happen if there is insufficient memory or the memory usage is limited. The problem is caused by the return value rc, which is initialized to SSH_ERROR and later rewritten to save the return value of the function call pki_key_check_hash_compatible. The value of the variable is not changed between this point and the cryptographic verification. Therefore any error between them calls goto error returning SSH_OK.
    (CVE-2023-2283)

  • A NULL pointer dereference was found In libssh during re-keying with algorithm guessing. This issue may allow an authenticated client to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-1667)

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 Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2023-6643.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(185834);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-1667", "CVE-2023-2283");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0517-S");

  script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 9 : libssh (ELSA-2023-6643)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
ELSA-2023-6643 advisory.

  - A vulnerability was found in libssh, where the authentication check of the connecting client can be
    bypassed in the`pki_verify_data_signature` function in memory allocation problems. This issue may happen
    if there is insufficient memory or the memory usage is limited. The problem is caused by the return value
    `rc,` which is initialized to SSH_ERROR and later rewritten to save the return value of the function call
    `pki_key_check_hash_compatible.` The value of the variable is not changed between this point and the
    cryptographic verification. Therefore any error between them calls `goto error` returning SSH_OK.
    (CVE-2023-2283)

  - A NULL pointer dereference was found In libssh during re-keying with algorithm guessing. This issue may
    allow an authenticated client to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-1667)

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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-6643.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected libssh, libssh-config and / or libssh-devel packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-2283");

  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:"2023/05/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/11/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/11/16");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9:3:appstream_base");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:3:baseos_base");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9::baseos_latest");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libssh");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libssh-config");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libssh-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/local_checks_enabled");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/OracleLinux')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux');
var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux) .*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Oracle Linux');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^9([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux 9', 'Oracle Linux ' + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/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$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Oracle Linux', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'libssh-0.10.4-11.el9', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'libssh-config-0.10.4-11.el9', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'libssh-devel-0.10.4-11.el9', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'libssh-0.10.4-11.el9', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'libssh-devel-0.10.4-11.el9', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'libssh-0.10.4-11.el9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'libssh-config-0.10.4-11.el9', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'libssh-devel-0.10.4-11.el9', '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 = 'EL' + 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) {
    if (exists_check) {
        if (rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check) && 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++;
    } else {
        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, 'libssh / libssh-config / libssh-devel');
}

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

7.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

52.0%