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HistoryJun 15, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM : GNU SASL vulnerability (USN-6169-1)

2023-06-1500:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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ubuntu
esm
gnu sasl
vulnerability
usn-6169-1
read-out-of-bounds
malicious authenticated gss-api client
patch
security update

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

57.7%

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6169-1 advisory.

  • GNU SASL libgsasl server-side read-out-of-bounds with malicious authenticated GSS-API client (CVE-2022-2469)

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-6169-1. 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(177354);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/06/15");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-2469");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6169-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM : GNU SASL vulnerability (USN-6169-1)");

  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 / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6169-1 advisory.

  - GNU SASL libgsasl server-side read-out-of-bounds with malicious authenticated GSS-API client
    (CVE-2022-2469)

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-6169-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/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:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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-2022-2469");

  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:"2022/07/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/06/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/06/15");

  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:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:esm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:esm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gsasl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gsasl-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgsasl-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgsasl7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgsasl7-dev");
  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 || '20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 / 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 pkgs = [
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'gsasl', 'pkgver': '1.8.0-8ubuntu2+esm1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libgsasl7', 'pkgver': '1.8.0-8ubuntu2+esm1'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libgsasl7-dev', 'pkgver': '1.8.0-8ubuntu2+esm1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'gsasl', 'pkgver': '1.8.0-8ubuntu3+esm2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libgsasl7', 'pkgver': '1.8.0-8ubuntu3+esm2'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libgsasl7-dev', 'pkgver': '1.8.0-8ubuntu3+esm2'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'gsasl', 'pkgver': '1.8.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libgsasl7', 'pkgver': '1.8.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libgsasl7-dev', 'pkgver': '1.8.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'gsasl', 'pkgver': '1.10.0-5ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'gsasl-common', 'pkgver': '1.10.0-5ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libgsasl-dev', 'pkgver': '1.10.0-5ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libgsasl7', 'pkgver': '1.10.0-5ubuntu0.1~esm1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libgsasl7-dev', 'pkgver': '1.10.0-5ubuntu0.1~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, 'gsasl / gsasl-common / libgsasl-dev / libgsasl7 / libgsasl7-dev');
}

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

57.7%