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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4709-1)

2021-01-2800:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2021-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2021-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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ubuntu 16.04 lts
kernel vulnerabilities
usn-4709-1
lio scsi
xfs filesystem
btrfs file system
use-after-free
denial of service
cve-2020-28374
cve-2018-13093
cve-2019-19813
cve-2019-19816
cve-2020-25669
tenable
security advisory

CVSS2

9.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

8.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

72.9%

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4709-1 advisory.

It was discovered that the LIO SCSI target implementation in the Linux kernel performed insufficient     identifier checking in certain XCOPY requests. An attacker with access to at least one LUN in a multiple     backstore environment could use this to expose sensitive information or modify data. (CVE-2020-28374)

Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track inode     validations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious XFS image that, when mounted, could cause     a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13093)

It was discovered that the btrfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     file system metadata in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious btrfs image     that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-19813, CVE-2019-19816)

Bodong Zhao discovered a use-after-free in the Sun keyboard driver implementation in the Linux kernel. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-25669)

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.

##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4709-1. 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(145516);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/28");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2018-13093",
    "CVE-2019-19813",
    "CVE-2019-19816",
    "CVE-2020-25669",
    "CVE-2020-28374"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(104954);
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"4709-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4709-1)");

  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 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in
the USN-4709-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the LIO SCSI target implementation in the Linux kernel performed insufficient
    identifier checking in certain XCOPY requests. An attacker with access to at least one LUN in a multiple
    backstore environment could use this to expose sensitive information or modify data. (CVE-2020-28374)

    Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track inode
    validations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious XFS image that, when mounted, could cause
    a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13093)

    It was discovered that the btrfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate
    file system metadata in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious btrfs image
    that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-19813, CVE-2019-19816)

    Bodong Zhao discovered a use-after-free in the Sun keyboard driver implementation in the Linux kernel. A
    local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2020-25669)

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-4709-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-19816");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-28374");

  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:"2018/07/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/01/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/01/28");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-1087-kvm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-1121-aws");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-1145-raspi2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-4.4.0-1149-snapdragon");
  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) 2021-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2021-2024 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('debian_package.inc');
include('ksplice.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)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04', '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 kernel_mappings = {
  '16.04': {
    '4.4.0': {
      'kvm': '4.4.0-1087',
      'aws': '4.4.0-1121',
      'raspi2': '4.4.0-1145',
      'snapdragon': '4.4.0-1149'
    }
  }
};

var host_kernel_release = get_kb_item('Host/uptrack-uname-r');
if (empty_or_null(host_kernel_release)) host_kernel_release = get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/uname-r');
var host_kernel_base_version = get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/Debian/kernel-base-version');
var host_kernel_type = get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/Debian/kernel-type');
if(empty_or_null(kernel_mappings[os_release][host_kernel_base_version][host_kernel_type])) audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, 'kernel ' + host_kernel_release);

var extra = '';
var kernel_fixed_version = kernel_mappings[os_release][host_kernel_base_version][host_kernel_type] + "-" + host_kernel_type;
if (deb_ver_cmp(ver1:host_kernel_release, ver2:kernel_fixed_version) < 0)
{
  extra += 'Running Kernel level of ' + host_kernel_release + ' does not meet the minimum fixed level of ' + kernel_fixed_version + ' for this advisory.\n\n';
}
  else
{
  audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'Kernel package for USN-4709-1');
}

if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
  var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2018-13093', 'CVE-2019-19813', 'CVE-2019-19816', 'CVE-2020-25669', 'CVE-2020-28374');
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for USN-4709-1');
  }
  else
  {
    extra = extra + ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}
if (extra) {
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}

CVSS2

9.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

8.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

72.9%