Lucene search

K
nessusUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.UBUNTU_USN-6658-2.NASL
HistoryMar 11, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : libxml2 vulnerability (USN-6658-2)

2024-03-1100:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
www.tenable.com
10
ubuntu
libxml2
vulnerability
usn-6658-2
dtd validation
xinclude
use-after-free

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

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.1%

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6658-2 advisory.

  • An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.11.7 and 2.12.x before 2.12.5. When using the XML Reader interface with DTD validation and XInclude expansion enabled, processing crafted XML documents can lead to an xmlValidatePopElement use-after-free. (CVE-2024-25062)

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-6658-2. 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(191794);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-25062");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2024-A-0067");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6658-2");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : libxml2 vulnerability (USN-6658-2)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the USN-6658-2 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.11.7 and 2.12.x before 2.12.5. When using the XML Reader
    interface with DTD validation and XInclude expansion enabled, processing crafted XML documents can lead to
    an xmlValidatePopElement use-after-free. (CVE-2024-25062)

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-6658-2");
  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:POC/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:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-25062");

  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:"2024/02/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/03/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/03/11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-libxml2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-libxml2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 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 (! ('14.04' >< os_release || '16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 14.04 / 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': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libxml2', 'pkgver': '2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm6'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libxml2-dev', 'pkgver': '2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm6'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libxml2-utils', 'pkgver': '2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm6'},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'python-libxml2', 'pkgver': '2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm6'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libxml2', 'pkgver': '2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm6'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libxml2-dev', 'pkgver': '2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm6'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libxml2-utils', 'pkgver': '2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm6'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'python-libxml2', 'pkgver': '2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm6'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libxml2', 'pkgver': '2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libxml2-dev', 'pkgver': '2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libxml2-utils', 'pkgver': '2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'python-libxml2', 'pkgver': '2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-libxml2', 'pkgver': '2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+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, 'libxml2 / libxml2-dev / libxml2-utils / python-libxml2 / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux18.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibxml2p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibxml2-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2-dev
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibxml2-utilsp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2-utils
canonicalubuntu_linuxpython-libxml2p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-libxml2
canonicalubuntu_linuxpython3-libxml2p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-libxml2

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

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.1%