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HistorySep 07, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

Photon OS 2.0: Linux PHSA-2021-2.0-0387

2021-09-0700:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

7.8 High

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

8.7 High

CVSS4

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/SC:H/VI:H/SI:H/VA:L/SA:L

8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

An update of the linux package has been released.

  • An issue was discovered in Linux: KVM through Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO checks and can lead to pages being freed while still accessible by the VMM and guest. This allows users with the ability to start and control a VM to read/write random pages of memory and can result in local privilege escalation. (CVE-2021-22543)

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 70300
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2021-2.0-0387. The text
# itself is copyright (C) VMware, Inc.
##

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(153042);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/01");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-22543");

  script_name(english:"Photon OS 2.0: Linux PHSA-2021-2.0-0387");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"An update of the linux package has been released.

  - An issue was discovered in Linux: KVM through Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass
    RO checks and can lead to pages being freed while still accessible by the VMM and guest. This allows users
    with the ability to start and control a VM to read/write random pages of memory and can result in local
    privilege escalation. (CVE-2021-22543)

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://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-2-387.md");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected Linux packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/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:L/AC:L/PR:L/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-2021-22543");

  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:"2021/05/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/09/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/09/07");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  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) 2021-2023 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);
}

include('audit.inc');
include('global_settings.inc');
include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var 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);

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, 'PhotonOS', cpu);

var flag = 0;

if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-aws-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-aws-devel-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-aws-docs-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-aws-drivers-gpu-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-aws-oprofile-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-aws-sound-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-devel-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-docs-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-drivers-gpu-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-esx-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-esx-devel-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-esx-docs-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-oprofile-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-secure-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-secure-devel-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-secure-docs-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-secure-lkcm-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-sound-4.9.276-2.ph2')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-2.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'linux-tools-4.9.276-2.ph2')) 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, 'linux');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
vmwarephotonoslinuxp-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:linux
vmwarephotonos2.0cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:2.0

4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

7.8 High

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

8.7 High

CVSS4

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/SC:H/VI:H/SI:H/VA:L/SA:L

8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%