An update of ‘linux-aws’, ‘linux-secure’, ‘linux-esx’, ‘linux’, ‘ntp’ packages of Photon OS has been released. This kernel update mitigates the vulnerability CVE-2018-3620 commonly referred as L1 terminal fault (L1TF).
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# @DEPRECATED@
#
# Disabled on 2/7/2019
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2018-2.0-0088. The text
# itself is copyright (C) VMware, Inc.
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(112222);
script_version("1.5");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/04/05 23:25:07");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-3620", "CVE-2018-12327");
script_name(english:"Photon OS 2.0: Ntp / Linux PHSA-2018-2.0-0088 (deprecated)");
script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"This plugin has been deprecated.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"An update of 'linux-aws', 'linux-secure', 'linux-esx', 'linux', 'ntp'
packages of Photon OS has been released. This kernel update mitigates
the vulnerability CVE-2018-3620 commonly referred as L1 terminal fault
(L1TF).");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"n/a.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
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:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-12327");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
# https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-2-88
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a909e9f8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/08/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/08/31");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:ntp");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:2.0");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"PhotonOS Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/PhotonOS/release", "Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
exit(0, "This plugin has been deprecated.");
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/PhotonOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^VMware Photon") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "PhotonOS");
if (release !~ "^VMware Photon (?:Linux|OS) 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "PhotonOS 2.0");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "PhotonOS", cpu);
flag = 0;
pkgs = [
"linux-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-api-headers-4.9.120-1.ph2",
"linux-aws-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-aws-debuginfo-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-aws-devel-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-aws-docs-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-aws-drivers-gpu-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-aws-oprofile-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-aws-sound-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-aws-tools-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-debuginfo-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-devel-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-docs-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-drivers-gpu-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-esx-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-esx-debuginfo-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-esx-devel-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-esx-docs-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-oprofile-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-secure-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-secure-debuginfo-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-secure-devel-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-secure-docs-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-secure-lkcm-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-sound-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"linux-tools-4.9.124-1.ph2",
"ntp-4.2.8p12-1.ph2",
"ntp-debuginfo-4.2.8p12-1.ph2",
"ntp-perl-4.2.8p12-1.ph2"
];
foreach (pkg in pkgs)
if (rpm_check(release:"PhotonOS-2.0", reference:pkg)) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ntp / linux");
}