The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6035-1 advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-6035-1. 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(174591);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/23");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-7443");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6035-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : KAuth vulnerability (USN-6035-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced
in the USN-6035-1 advisory.
- KDE KAuth before 5.55 allows the passing of parameters with arbitrary types to helpers running as root
over DBus via DBusHelperProxy.cpp. Certain types can cause crashes, and trigger the decoding of arbitrary
images with dynamically loaded plugins. In other words, KAuth unintentionally causes this plugin code to
run as root, which increases the severity of any possible exploitation of a plugin vulnerability.
(CVE-2019-7443)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-6035-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
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:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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-2019-7443");
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:"2019/02/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/04/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/04/20");
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:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkf5auth-bin-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkf5auth-data");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkf5auth-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkf5auth5");
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 || '18.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 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': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libkf5auth-bin-dev', 'pkgver': '5.18.0-0ubuntu2+esm1'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libkf5auth-data', 'pkgver': '5.18.0-0ubuntu2+esm1'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libkf5auth-dev', 'pkgver': '5.18.0-0ubuntu2+esm1'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libkf5auth5', 'pkgver': '5.18.0-0ubuntu2+esm1'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libkf5auth-bin-dev', 'pkgver': '5.44.0-0ubuntu1+esm1'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libkf5auth-data', 'pkgver': '5.44.0-0ubuntu1+esm1'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libkf5auth-dev', 'pkgver': '5.44.0-0ubuntu1+esm1'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libkf5auth5', 'pkgver': '5.44.0-0ubuntu1+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, 'libkf5auth-bin-dev / libkf5auth-data / libkf5auth-dev / libkf5auth5');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libkf5auth-bin-dev | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkf5auth-bin-dev |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libkf5auth-data | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkf5auth-data |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libkf5auth-dev | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkf5auth-dev |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libkf5auth5 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkf5auth5 |