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HistorySep 09, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : X.Org X Server vulnerability (USN-4490-1)

2020-09-0900:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2020-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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13

4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

18.1%

Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled the XkbSetNames function. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges.

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-4490-1. 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(140451);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-14345");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"4490-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : X.Org X Server vulnerability (USN-4490-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled
the XkbSetNames function. A local attacker could possibly use this
issue to escalate privileges.

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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4490-1");
  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:P/A:P");
  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:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-14345");

  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:"2020/09/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/09/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/09/09");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-core-hwe-18.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-core-udeb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-dev-hwe-16.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-dev-hwe-18.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-legacy");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-16.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-18.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-xmir");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xvfb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xwayland");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xwayland-hwe-16.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xwayland-hwe-18.04");
  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:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xdmx");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xdmx-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xmir");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xmir-hwe-16.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xnest");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xorg-server-source");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xorg-server-source-hwe-16.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xorg-server-source-hwe-18.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xephyr");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xephyr-hwe-16.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xephyr-hwe-18.04");
  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) 2020-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020-2023 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 (! ('16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release || '20.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 / 20.04', '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': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xdmx', 'pkgver': '2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.10'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xdmx-tools', 'pkgver': '2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.10'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xmir', 'pkgver': '2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.10'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xmir-hwe-16.04', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.4'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xnest', 'pkgver': '2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.10'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xorg-server-source', 'pkgver': '2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.10'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xorg-server-source-hwe-16.04', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.4'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-common', 'pkgver': '2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.10'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xephyr', 'pkgver': '2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.10'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xephyr-hwe-16.04', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.4'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-core', 'pkgver': '2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.10'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.4'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-core-udeb', 'pkgver': '2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.10'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-dev', 'pkgver': '2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.10'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-dev-hwe-16.04', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.4'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-legacy', 'pkgver': '2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.10'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-16.04', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.4'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-xmir', 'pkgver': '2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.10'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xvfb', 'pkgver': '2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.10'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xwayland', 'pkgver': '2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.10'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'xwayland-hwe-16.04', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.4'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xdmx', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.6'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xdmx-tools', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.6'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xmir', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.6'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xnest', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.6'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xorg-server-source', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.6'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xorg-server-source-hwe-18.04', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-common', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.6'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xephyr', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.6'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xephyr-hwe-18.04', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-core', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.6'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-core-hwe-18.04', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-core-udeb', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.6'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-dev', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.6'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-dev-hwe-18.04', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-legacy', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.6'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-18.04', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.3'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-xmir', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.6'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xvfb', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.6'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xwayland', 'pkgver': '2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.6'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xwayland-hwe-18.04', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.3'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xdmx', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.4'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xdmx-tools', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.4'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xnest', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.4'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xorg-server-source', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.4'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-common', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.4'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xephyr', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.4'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-core', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.4'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-core-udeb', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.4'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-dev', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.4'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xserver-xorg-legacy', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.4'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xvfb', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.4'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'xwayland', 'pkgver': '2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.4'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach 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)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    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, 'xdmx / xdmx-tools / xmir / xmir-hwe-16.04 / xnest / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linuxxserver-xorg-corep-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-core
canonicalubuntu_linuxxserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04
canonicalubuntu_linuxxserver-xorg-core-hwe-18.04p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-core-hwe-18.04
canonicalubuntu_linuxxserver-xorg-core-udebp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-core-udeb
canonicalubuntu_linuxxserver-xorg-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-dev
canonicalubuntu_linuxxserver-xorg-dev-hwe-16.04p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-dev-hwe-16.04
canonicalubuntu_linuxxserver-xorg-dev-hwe-18.04p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-dev-hwe-18.04
canonicalubuntu_linuxxserver-xorg-legacyp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-legacy
canonicalubuntu_linuxxserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-16.04p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-16.04
canonicalubuntu_linuxxserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-18.04p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-18.04
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4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

18.1%