CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
35.2%
The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3073-1 advisory.
A flaw was found in the KVM’s AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization. The flaw occurs when processing the VMCB (virtual machine control block) provided by the L1 guest to spawn/handle a nested guest (L2). Due to improper validation of the int_ctl field, this issue could allow a malicious L1 to enable AVIC support (Advanced Virtual Interrupt Controller) for the L2 guest. As a result, the L2 guest would be allowed to read/write physical pages of the host, resulting in a crash of the entire system, leak of sensitive data or potential guest-to-host escape. This flaw affects Linux kernel versions prior to 5.14-rc7. (CVE-2021-3653)
A flaw was found in the KVM’s AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization. The flaw occurs when processing the VMCB (virtual machine control block) provided by the L1 guest to spawn/handle a nested guest (L2). Due to improper validation of the virt_ext field, this issue could allow a malicious L1 to disable both VMLOAD/VMSAVE intercepts and VLS (Virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE) for the L2 guest. As a result, the L2 guest would be allowed to read/write physical pages of the host, resulting in a crash of the entire system, leak of sensitive data or potential guest-to-host escape. (CVE-2021-3656)
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h in the Linux kernel before 5.12.11 incorrectly computes the access permissions of a shadow page, leading to a missing guest protection page fault. (CVE-2021-38198)
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 70300
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2021:3073-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(153463);
script_version("1.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/07/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-3653", "CVE-2021-3656", "CVE-2021-38198");
script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2021:3073-1");
script_name(english:"SUSE SLES12 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 0 for SLE 15 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2021:3073-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3073-1 advisory.
- A flaw was found in the KVM's AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization. The flaw occurs when
processing the VMCB (virtual machine control block) provided by the L1 guest to spawn/handle a nested
guest (L2). Due to improper validation of the int_ctl field, this issue could allow a malicious L1 to
enable AVIC support (Advanced Virtual Interrupt Controller) for the L2 guest. As a result, the L2 guest
would be allowed to read/write physical pages of the host, resulting in a crash of the entire system, leak
of sensitive data or potential guest-to-host escape. This flaw affects Linux kernel versions prior to
5.14-rc7. (CVE-2021-3653)
- A flaw was found in the KVM's AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization. The flaw occurs when
processing the VMCB (virtual machine control block) provided by the L1 guest to spawn/handle a nested
guest (L2). Due to improper validation of the virt_ext field, this issue could allow a malicious L1 to
disable both VMLOAD/VMSAVE intercepts and VLS (Virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE) for the L2 guest. As a result, the
L2 guest would be allowed to read/write physical pages of the host, resulting in a crash of the entire
system, leak of sensitive data or potential guest-to-host escape. (CVE-2021-3656)
- arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h in the Linux kernel before 5.12.11 incorrectly computes the access
permissions of a shadow page, leading to a missing guest protection page fault. (CVE-2021-38198)
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://bugzilla.suse.com/1189278");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189418");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189420");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3653");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3656");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38198");
# https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-September/009450.html
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9b112276");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
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:C/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-2021-3656");
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:"2021/08/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/09/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/09/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150_58-default");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_56-default");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_15-default");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-57-default");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_37-default");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_60-default");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"SuSE 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/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || os_release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'SUSE');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES12|SLES15)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLES12 / SLES15', 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')');
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')', cpu);
var service_pack = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(service_pack)) service_pack = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES12 SP4/5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(0|1|2|3)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP0/1/2/3", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'kgraft-patch-4_12_14-95_60-default-14-2.2', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-live-patching-release-12.4']},
{'reference':'kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_37-default-16-2.2', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-live-patching-release-12.5']},
{'reference':'kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150_58-default-14-2.2', 'sp':'0', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-live-patching-release-15']},
{'reference':'kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_56-default-14-2.2', 'sp':'1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-live-patching-release-15.1']},
{'reference':'kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_15-default-14-2.3', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-live-patching-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-57-default-6-3.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-live-patching-release-15.3']}
];
var ltss_caveat_required = FALSE;
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var reference = NULL;
var _release = NULL;
var sp = NULL;
var _cpu = NULL;
var exists_check = NULL;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = 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['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (reference && _release) {
if (exists_check) {
var check_flag = 0;
foreach var check (exists_check) {
if (!rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:check)) continue;
check_flag++;
}
if (!check_flag) continue;
}
if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
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, 'kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-150_58-default / etc');
}
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3653
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3656
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38198
www.nessus.org/u?9b112276
bugzilla.suse.com/1189278
bugzilla.suse.com/1189418
bugzilla.suse.com/1189420
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3653
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3656
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38198
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
35.2%