CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
80.2%
The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5566-1 advisory.
Zhenpeng Lin discovered that the network packet scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly remove all references to a route filter before freeing it in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2588)
It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel did not prevent one nft object from referencing an nft set in another nft table, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2586)
It was discovered that the implementation of POSIX timers in the Linux kernel did not properly clean up timers in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2585)
Minh Yuan discovered that the floppy disk driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1652)
It was discovered that the Atheros ath9k wireless device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some error conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1679)
Felix Fu discovered that the Sun RPC implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle socket states, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-28893)
Johannes Wikner and Kaveh Razavi discovered that for some AMD x86-64 processors, the branch predictor could by mis-trained for return instructions in certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-29900)
Johannes Wikner and Kaveh Razavi discovered that for some Intel x86-64 processors, the Linux kernel's protections against speculative branch target injection attacks were insufficient in some circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-29901)
Arthur Mongodin discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform data validation. A local attacker could use this to escalate privileges in certain situations. (CVE-2022-34918)
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, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5566-1. 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(164030);
script_version("1.9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/27");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2022-1652",
"CVE-2022-1679",
"CVE-2022-2585",
"CVE-2022-2586",
"CVE-2022-2588",
"CVE-2022-28893",
"CVE-2022-29900",
"CVE-2022-29901",
"CVE-2022-34918"
);
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"5566-1");
script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2024/07/17");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5566-1)");
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 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the USN-5566-1 advisory.
Zhenpeng Lin discovered that the network packet scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel did not
properly remove all references to a route filter before freeing it in some situations. A local attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2588)
It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel did not prevent one nft object from
referencing an nft set in another nft table, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2586)
It was discovered that the implementation of POSIX timers in the Linux kernel did not properly clean up
timers in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2585)
Minh Yuan discovered that the floppy disk driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading
to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1652)
It was discovered that the Atheros ath9k wireless device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly
handle some error conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this
to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1679)
Felix Fu discovered that the Sun RPC implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle socket
states, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a
denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-28893)
Johannes Wikner and Kaveh Razavi discovered that for some AMD x86-64 processors, the branch predictor
could by mis-trained for return instructions in certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use
this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-29900)
Johannes Wikner and Kaveh Razavi discovered that for some Intel x86-64 processors, the Linux kernel's
protections against speculative branch target injection attacks were insufficient in some circumstances. A
local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-29901)
Arthur Mongodin discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform data
validation. A local attacker could use this to escalate privileges in certain situations. (CVE-2022-34918)
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-5566-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/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:H/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-34918");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Netfilter nft_set_elem_init Heap Overflow Privilege Escalation');
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/04/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/08/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/08/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1012-ibm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1013-raspi");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1013-raspi-nolpae");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1014-gke");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1016-gcp");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-5.15.0-1017-aws");
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) 2022-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2022-2024 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 (! ('20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04', '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 = {
'20.04': {
'5.15.0': {
'gke': '5.15.0-1014',
'gcp': '5.15.0-1016',
'aws': '5.15.0-1017'
}
},
'22.04': {
'5.15.0': {
'ibm': '5.15.0-1012',
'raspi': '5.15.0-1013',
'raspi-nolpae': '5.15.0-1013',
'gke': '5.15.0-1014',
'gcp': '5.15.0-1016',
'aws': '5.15.0-1017'
}
}
};
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-5566-1');
}
if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2022-1652', 'CVE-2022-1679', 'CVE-2022-2585', 'CVE-2022-2586', 'CVE-2022-2588', 'CVE-2022-28893', 'CVE-2022-29900', 'CVE-2022-29901', 'CVE-2022-34918');
if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
{
audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for USN-5566-1');
}
else
{
extra = extra + ksplice_reporting_text();
}
}
if (extra) {
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1652
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1679
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2585
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2586
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2588
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-28893
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-29900
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-29901
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-34918
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5566-1
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
80.2%