7.8 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.582 Medium
EPSS
Percentile
97.7%
The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4852-1 advisory.
In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be usable for denial-of-service attacks). (CVE-2018-20843)
In libexpat before 2.2.8, crafted XML input could fool the parser into changing from DTD parsing to document parsing too early; a consecutive call to XML_GetCurrentLineNumber (or XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber) then resulted in a heap-based buffer over-read. (CVE-2019-15903)
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-4852-1. 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(183691);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/23");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-20843", "CVE-2019-15903");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"4852-1");
script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2021-0025");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : VTK vulnerabilities (USN-4852-1)");
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 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in
the USN-4852-1 advisory.
- In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons
could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be
usable for denial-of-service attacks). (CVE-2018-20843)
- In libexpat before 2.2.8, crafted XML input could fool the parser into changing from DTD parsing to
document parsing too early; a consecutive call to XML_GetCurrentLineNumber (or XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber)
then resulted in a heap-based buffer over-read. (CVE-2019-15903)
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-4852-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-20843");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-15903");
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:"2019/06/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/03/15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/10/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvtk-java");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvtk5-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvtk5-qt4-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvtk5.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvtk5.10-qt4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvtk5.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvtk5.8-qt4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-vtk");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tcl-vtk");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vtk-examples");
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 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 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)) 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 pkgs = [
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libvtk-java', 'pkgver': '5.10.1+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libvtk5-dev', 'pkgver': '5.10.1+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libvtk5-qt4-dev', 'pkgver': '5.10.1+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libvtk5.10', 'pkgver': '5.10.1+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libvtk5.10-qt4', 'pkgver': '5.10.1+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'python-vtk', 'pkgver': '5.10.1+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'tcl-vtk', 'pkgver': '5.10.1+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'vtk-examples', 'pkgver': '5.10.1+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1'}
];
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_HOLE,
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, 'libvtk-java / libvtk5-dev / libvtk5-qt4-dev / libvtk5.10 / etc');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libvtk-java | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvtk-java |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libvtk5-dev | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvtk5-dev |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libvtk5-qt4-dev | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvtk5-qt4-dev |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libvtk5.10 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvtk5.10 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libvtk5.10-qt4 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvtk5.10-qt4 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libvtk5.8 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvtk5.8 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libvtk5.8-qt4 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvtk5.8-qt4 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | python-vtk | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-vtk |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | tcl-vtk | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tcl-vtk |
7.8 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.582 Medium
EPSS
Percentile
97.7%