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HistoryAug 22, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : Inetutils vulnerabilities (USN-6304-1)

2023-08-2200:00:00
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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5
ubuntu
inetutils
vulnerabilities
usn-6304-1
telnetd
mit krb5-appl
gnu
privilege escalation

7.8 High

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

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

55.9%

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6304-1 advisory.

  • telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.3, MIT krb5-appl through 1.0.3, and derivative works has a NULL pointer dereference via 0xff 0xf7 or 0xff 0xf8. In a typical installation, the telnetd application would crash but the telnet service would remain available through inetd. However, if the telnetd application has many crashes within a short time interval, the telnet service would become unavailable after inetd logs a telnet/tcp server failing (looping), service terminated error. NOTE: MIT krb5-appl is not supported upstream but is shipped by a few Linux distributions. The affected code was removed from the supported MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) product many years ago, at version 1.8. (CVE-2022-39028)

  • GNU inetutils through 2.4 may allow privilege escalation because of unchecked return values of set*id() family functions in ftpd, rcp, rlogin, rsh, rshd, and uucpd. This is, for example, relevant if the setuid system call fails when a process is trying to drop privileges before letting an ordinary user control the activities of the process. (CVE-2023-40303)

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-6304-1. 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(180029);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/08/22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-39028", "CVE-2023-40303");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6304-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : Inetutils vulnerabilities (USN-6304-1)");

  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 / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6304-1 advisory.

  - telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.3, MIT krb5-appl through 1.0.3, and derivative works has a NULL pointer
    dereference via 0xff 0xf7 or 0xff 0xf8. In a typical installation, the telnetd application would crash but
    the telnet service would remain available through inetd. However, if the telnetd application has many
    crashes within a short time interval, the telnet service would become unavailable after inetd logs a
    telnet/tcp server failing (looping), service terminated error. NOTE: MIT krb5-appl is not supported
    upstream but is shipped by a few Linux distributions. The affected code was removed from the supported MIT
    Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) product many years ago, at version 1.8. (CVE-2022-39028)

  - GNU inetutils through 2.4 may allow privilege escalation because of unchecked return values of set*id()
    family functions in ftpd, rcp, rlogin, rsh, rshd, and uucpd. This is, for example, relevant if the setuid
    system call fails when a process is trying to drop privileges before letting an ordinary user control the
    activities of the process. (CVE-2023-40303)

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-6304-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/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:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-40303");

  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:"2022/08/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/08/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/08/22");

  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:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-ftp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-ftpd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-inetd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-ping");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-syslogd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-talk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-talkd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-telnet");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-telnetd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-traceroute");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:telnet");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:telnetd");
  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 (! ('20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release || '23.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04 / 23.04', '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': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftp', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftpd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-inetd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ping', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-syslogd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talk', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talkd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnet', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnetd', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-tools', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-traceroute', 'pkgver': '2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftp', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftpd', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-inetd', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ping', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-syslogd', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talk', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talkd', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnet', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnetd', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-tools', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-traceroute', 'pkgver': '2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftp', 'pkgver': '2:2.4-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ftpd', 'pkgver': '2:2.4-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-inetd', 'pkgver': '2:2.4-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-ping', 'pkgver': '2:2.4-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-syslogd', 'pkgver': '2:2.4-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talk', 'pkgver': '2:2.4-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-talkd', 'pkgver': '2:2.4-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnet', 'pkgver': '2:2.4-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-telnetd', 'pkgver': '2:2.4-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-tools', 'pkgver': '2:2.4-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'inetutils-traceroute', 'pkgver': '2:2.4-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'telnet', 'pkgver': '0.17+2.4-2ubuntu1.1'},
    {'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'telnetd', 'pkgver': '0.17+2.4-2ubuntu1.1'}
];

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_WARNING,
    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, 'inetutils-ftp / inetutils-ftpd / inetutils-inetd / inetutils-ping / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linux20.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux22.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux23.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04
canonicalubuntu_linuxinetutils-ftpp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-ftp
canonicalubuntu_linuxinetutils-ftpdp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-ftpd
canonicalubuntu_linuxinetutils-inetdp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-inetd
canonicalubuntu_linuxinetutils-pingp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-ping
canonicalubuntu_linuxinetutils-syslogdp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-syslogd
canonicalubuntu_linuxinetutils-talkp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-talk
canonicalubuntu_linuxinetutils-talkdp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:inetutils-talkd
Rows per page:
1-10 of 161

7.8 High

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

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

55.9%