Photon OS 4.0: C PHSA-2021-4.0-0079

#%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-2021-4.0-0079. The text
# itself is copyright (C) VMware, Inc.
##

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(152559);
  script_version("1.9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-3672");

  script_name(english:"Photon OS 4.0: C PHSA-2021-4.0-0079");

  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 c package has been released.

  - A flaw was found in c-ares library, where a missing input validation check of host names returned by DNS
    (Domain Name Servers) can lead to output of wrong hostnames which might potentially lead to Domain
    Hijacking. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity as well as
    system availability. (CVE-2021-3672)");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-4.0-79.md");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected Linux packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-3672");

  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:"2021/08/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/08/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/08/14");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:c");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:4.0");
  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) 4\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'PhotonOS 4.0');

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-4.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'c-ares-1.17.1-1.ph4')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-4.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'c-ares-devel-1.17.1-1.ph4')) 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, 'c');
}