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HistoryOct 21, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Avahi vulnerabilities (USN-3876-1)

2023-10-2100:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2023-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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ubuntu
avahi
vulnerabilities
14.04 lts
16.04 lts
18.04 lts
denial of service
information leakage
cve-2017-6519
udp

CVSS2

6.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

CVSS3

9.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

AI Score

9.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.062

Percentile

93.7%

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3876-1 advisory.

Chad Seaman discovered that Avahi incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6519, CVE-2018-1000845)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3876-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(183642);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-6519", "CVE-2018-1000845");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3876-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Avahi vulnerabilities (USN-3876-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3876-1 advisory.

    Chad Seaman discovered that Avahi incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use
    this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6519, CVE-2018-1000845)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3876-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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-2017-6519");

  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:"2015/03/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/01/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/10/21");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi-autoipd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi-daemon");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi-discover");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi-dnsconfd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi-ui-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-avahi-0.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-client-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-client3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-common-data");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-common-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-common3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-common3-udeb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-compat-libdnssd1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-core-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-core7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-core7-udeb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-glib-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-glib1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-gobject-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-gobject0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-qt4-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-qt4-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-ui-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-ui-gtk3-0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-ui0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-avahi");
  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) 2023-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('14.04' >< os_release || '16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 14.04 / 16.04 / 18.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_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);

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-autoipd', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-daemon', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-discover', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-dnsconfd', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-ui-utils', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-utils', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-client-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-client3', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-common-data', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-common-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-common3', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-common3-udeb', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-compat-libdnssd1', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-core-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-core7', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-core7-udeb', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-glib-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-glib1', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-gobject-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-gobject0', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-qt4-1', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-qt4-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-ui-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-ui-gtk3-0', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-ui0', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'python-avahi', 'pkgver': '0.6.31-4ubuntu1.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-autoipd', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-daemon', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-discover', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-dnsconfd', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-ui-utils', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-utils', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-client-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-client3', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-common-data', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-common-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-common3', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-common3-udeb', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-compat-libdnssd1', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-core-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-core7', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-core7-udeb', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-glib-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-glib1', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-gobject-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-gobject0', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-qt4-1', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-qt4-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-ui-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-ui-gtk3-0', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-ui0', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'python-avahi', 'pkgver': '0.6.32~rc+dfsg-1ubuntu2.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-autoipd', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-daemon', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-discover', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-dnsconfd', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-ui-utils', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'avahi-utils', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'gir1.2-avahi-0.6', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-client-dev', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-client3', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-common-data', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-common-dev', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-common3', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-common3-udeb', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-compat-libdnssd1', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-core-dev', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-core7', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-core7-udeb', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-glib-dev', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-glib1', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-gobject-dev', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-gobject0', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-ui-gtk3-0', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libavahi-ui-gtk3-dev', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'python-avahi', 'pkgver': '0.7-3.1ubuntu1.2'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'avahi-autoipd / avahi-daemon / avahi-discover / avahi-dnsconfd / etc');
}

CVSS2

6.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

CVSS3

9.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

AI Score

9.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.062

Percentile

93.7%