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HistoryMar 27, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : curl vulnerability (USN-6718-2)

2024-03-2700:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
www.tenable.com
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ubuntu 16.04 lts
ubuntu 18.04 lts
curl vulnerability
usn-6718-2
http/2 server push
memory leaks
cve-2024-2398
nessus scanner

8.6 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

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

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.5%

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6718-2 advisory.

  • When an application tells libcurl it wants to allow HTTP/2 server push, and the amount of received headers for the push surpasses the maximum allowed limit (1000), libcurl aborts the server push. When aborting, libcurl inadvertently does not free all the previously allocated headers and instead leaks the memory.
    Further, this error condition fails silently and is therefore not easily detected by an application.
    (CVE-2024-2398)

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-6718-2. 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(192630);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/29");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-2398");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6718-2");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2024-A-0185");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : curl vulnerability (USN-6718-2)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced
in the USN-6718-2 advisory.

  - When an application tells libcurl it wants to allow HTTP/2 server push, and the amount of received headers
    for the push surpasses the maximum allowed limit (1000), libcurl aborts the server push. When aborting,
    libcurl inadvertently does not free all the previously allocated headers and instead leaks the memory.
    Further, this error condition fails silently and is therefore not easily detected by an application.
    (CVE-2024-2398)

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-6718-2");
  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:P");
  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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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-2024-2398");

  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:"2024/03/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/03/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/03/27");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  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:curl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3-gnutls");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3-nss");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4-gnutls-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4-nss-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4-openssl-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  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 (! ('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': 'curl', 'pkgver': '7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm12'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl3', 'pkgver': '7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm12'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl3-gnutls', 'pkgver': '7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm12'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl3-nss', 'pkgver': '7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm12'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4-gnutls-dev', 'pkgver': '7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm12'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4-nss-dev', 'pkgver': '7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm12'},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4-openssl-dev', 'pkgver': '7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm12'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'curl', 'pkgver': '7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm4'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl3-gnutls', 'pkgver': '7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm4'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl3-nss', 'pkgver': '7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm4'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4', 'pkgver': '7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm4'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4-gnutls-dev', 'pkgver': '7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm4'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4-nss-dev', 'pkgver': '7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm4'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'libcurl4-openssl-dev', 'pkgver': '7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm4'}
];

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, 'curl / libcurl3 / libcurl3-gnutls / libcurl3-nss / libcurl4 / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux18.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linuxcurlp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:curl
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibcurl3p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibcurl3-gnutlsp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3-gnutls
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibcurl3-nssp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3-nss
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibcurl4p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibcurl4-gnutls-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4-gnutls-dev
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibcurl4-nss-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4-nss-dev
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibcurl4-openssl-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4-openssl-dev

8.6 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

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

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.5%