Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
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include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
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  script_id(60488);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-5755", "CVE-2007-5907", "CVE-2008-2372", "CVE-2008-3276", "CVE-2008-3527", "CVE-2008-3833", "CVE-2008-4210", "CVE-2008-4302");

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
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  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"  - the Xen implementation did not prevent applications
    running in a para-virtualized guest from modifying CR4
    TSC. This could cause a local denial of service.
    (CVE-2007-5907, Important)

  - Tavis Ormandy reported missing boundary checks in the
    Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects (vDSO) implementation.
    This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause a
    denial of service or escalate privileges.
    (CVE-2008-3527, Important)

  - the do_truncate() and generic_file_splice_write()
    functions did not clear the setuid and setgid bits. This
    could allow a local unprivileged user to obtain access
    to privileged information. (CVE-2008-4210,
    CVE-2008-3833, Important)

  - a flaw was found in the Linux kernel splice
    implementation. This could cause a local denial of
    service when there is a certain failure in the
    add_to_page_cache_lru() function. (CVE-2008-4302,
    Important)

  - a flaw was found in the Linux kernel when running on
    AMD64 systems. During a context switch, EFLAGS were
    being neither saved nor restored. This could allow a
    local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2006-5755, Low)

  - a flaw was found in the Linux kernel virtual memory
    implementation. This could allow a local unprivileged
    user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2008-2372, Low)

  - an integer overflow was discovered in the Linux kernel
    Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)
    implementation. This could allow a remote attacker to
    cause a denial of service. By default, remote DCCP is
    blocked by SELinux. (CVE-2008-3276, Low)

In addition, these updated packages fix the following bugs :

  - random32() seeding has been improved.

  - in a multi-core environment, a race between the QP async
    event-handler and the destro_qp() function could occur.
    This led to unpredictable results during invalid memory
    access, which could lead to a kernel crash.

  - a format string was omitted in the call to the
    request_module() function.

  - a stack overflow caused by an infinite recursion bug in
    the binfmt_misc kernel module was corrected.

  - the ata_scsi_rbuf_get() and ata_scsi_rbuf_put()
    functions now check for scatterlist usage before calling
    kmap_atomic().

  - a sentinel NUL byte was added to the device_write()
    function to ensure that lspace.name is NUL-terminated.

  - in the character device driver, a range_is_allowed()
    check was added to the read_mem() and write_mem()
    functions. It was possible for an illegitimate
    application to bypass these checks, and access /dev/mem
    beyond the 1M limit by calling mmap_mem() instead. Also,
    the parameters of range_is_allowed() were changed to
    cleanly handle greater than 32-bits of physical address
    on 32-bit architectures.

  - some of the newer Nehalem-based systems declare their
    CPU DSDT entries as type 'Alias'. During boot, this
    caused an 'Error attaching device data' message to be
    logged.

  - the evtchn event channel device lacked locks and memory
    barriers. This has led to xenstore becoming unresponsive
    on the Itanium® architecture.

  - sending of gratuitous ARP packets in the Xen frontend
    network driver is now delayed until the backend signals
    that its carrier status has been processed by the stack.

  - on forcedeth devices, whenever setting ethtool
    parameters for link speed, the device could stop
    receiving interrupts.

  - the CIFS 'forcedirectio' option did not allow text to be
    appended to files.

  - the gettimeofday() function returned a backwards time on
    Intel® 64.

  - residual-count corrections during UNDERRUN handling were
    added to the qla2xxx driver.

  - the fix for a small quirk was removed for certain
    Adaptec controllers for which it caused problems.

  - the 'xm trigger init' command caused a domain panic if a
    userland application was running on a guest on the
    Intel® 64 architecture."
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  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0811&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=435
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?fddd7885"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(20, 189, 264, 399);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/12/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/11/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/08/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/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);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-PAE-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-debug-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-doc-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-xen-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");