CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
It was discovered that an integer overflow vulnerability existed in the CDROM driver of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3846-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(119826);
script_version("1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/07/15");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-18710");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3846-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 18.10 : Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-3846-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It was discovered that an integer overflow vulnerability existed in
the CDROM driver of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this
to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3846-1/");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/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:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-18710");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/10/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/12/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/12/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.18-aws");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.18-azure");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.18-gcp");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.18-generic");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.18-generic-lpae");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.18-kvm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.18-lowlatency");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.18-raspi2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.18-snapdragon");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-aws");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-azure");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-gcp");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-generic-lpae");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-gke");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-kvm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-lowlatency");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-raspi2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-snapdragon");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("ksplice.inc");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(18\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 18.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
if (get_one_kb_item("Host/ksplice/kernel-cves"))
{
rm_kb_item(name:"Host/uptrack-uname-r");
cve_list = make_list("CVE-2018-18710");
if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
{
audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "KSplice hotfix for USN-3846-1");
}
else
{
_ubuntu_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
}
}
var flag = 0;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-4.18.0-1005-gcp", pkgver:"4.18.0-1005.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-4.18.0-1006-kvm", pkgver:"4.18.0-1006.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-4.18.0-1007-aws", pkgver:"4.18.0-1007.9")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-4.18.0-1007-azure", pkgver:"4.18.0-1007.7")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-4.18.0-1008-raspi2", pkgver:"4.18.0-1008.10")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-4.18.0-13-generic", pkgver:"4.18.0-13.14")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-4.18.0-13-generic-lpae", pkgver:"4.18.0-13.14")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-4.18.0-13-lowlatency", pkgver:"4.18.0-13.14")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-4.18.0-13-snapdragon", pkgver:"4.18.0-13.14")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-aws", pkgver:"4.18.0.1007.7")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-azure", pkgver:"4.18.0.1007.8")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-gcp", pkgver:"4.18.0.1005.5")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-generic", pkgver:"4.18.0.13.14")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-generic-lpae", pkgver:"4.18.0.13.14")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-gke", pkgver:"4.18.0.1005.5")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-kvm", pkgver:"4.18.0.1006.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-lowlatency", pkgver:"4.18.0.13.14")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-raspi2", pkgver:"4.18.0.1008.5")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.10", pkgname:"linux-image-snapdragon", pkgver:"4.18.0.13.14")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_NOTE,
extra : ubuntu_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "linux-image-4.18-aws / linux-image-4.18-azure / etc");
}
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%