CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6920-1 advisory.
It was discovered that EDK II was not properly performing bounds checks in Tianocompress, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An authenticated user could use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges via
local access. (CVE-2017-5731)
It was discovered that EDK II had an insufficient memory write check in the SMM service, which could lead to a page fault occurring. An
authenticated user could use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges, disclose information and/or create a denial of service via local access. (CVE-2018-12182)
It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled memory in DxeCore, which could lead to a stack overflow.
An unauthenticated user could this issue to potentially escalate their privileges, disclose information
and/or create a denial of service via local access. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-12183)
It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled memory in the Variable service under certain circumstances. An authenticated user could use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges, disclose
information and/or create a denial of service via local access. (CVE-2018-3613)
It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled memory in its system firmware, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An unauthenticated user could use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges and/or
create a denial of service via network access. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-0160)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
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-6920-1. 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(204912);
script_version("1.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/27");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2017-5731",
"CVE-2018-3613",
"CVE-2018-12182",
"CVE-2018-12183",
"CVE-2019-0160"
);
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6920-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : EDK II vulnerabilities (USN-6920-1)");
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 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the USN-6920-1 advisory.
It was discovered that EDK II was not properly performing bounds checks in Tianocompress, which could lead
to a buffer overflow. An authenticated user could use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges
via
local access. (CVE-2017-5731)
It was discovered that EDK II had an insufficient memory write check in the SMM service, which could lead
to a page fault occurring. An
authenticated user could use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges, disclose information
and/or create a denial of service via local access. (CVE-2018-12182)
It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled memory in DxeCore, which could lead to a stack overflow.
An unauthenticated user could this issue to potentially escalate their privileges, disclose information
and/or create a denial of service via local access. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-12183)
It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled memory in the Variable service under certain
circumstances. An authenticated user could use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges,
disclose
information and/or create a denial of service via local access. (CVE-2018-3613)
It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled memory in its system firmware, which could lead to a
buffer overflow. An unauthenticated user could use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges
and/or
create a denial of service via network access. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-0160)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
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-6920-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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: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-2019-0160");
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:"2018/09/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/07/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/07/31");
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:ovmf");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qemu-efi");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qemu-efi-aarch64");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:qemu-efi-arm");
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) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "ubuntu_pro_sub_detect.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 ubuntu_pro_detected = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/Pro/Services/esm-apps');
ubuntu_pro_detected = !empty_or_null(ubuntu_pro_detected);
var pro_caveat_needed = FALSE;
var pkgs = [
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'ovmf', 'pkgver': '0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'qemu-efi', 'pkgver': '0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'ovmf', 'pkgver': '0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'qemu-efi', 'pkgver': '0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'qemu-efi-aarch64', 'pkgver': '0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'qemu-efi-arm', 'pkgver': '0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var 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'];
var pro_required = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['ubuntu_pro'])) pro_required = package_array['ubuntu_pro'];
if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) {
flag++;
if (!ubuntu_pro_detected && !pro_caveat_needed) pro_caveat_needed = pro_required;
}
}
}
if (flag)
{
var extra = '';
if (pro_caveat_needed) {
extra += 'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to packages only \n';
extra += 'available in Ubuntu ESM repositories. Access to these package security updates \n';
extra += 'require an Ubuntu Pro subscription.\n\n';
}
extra += ubuntu_report_get();
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'ovmf / qemu-efi / qemu-efi-aarch64 / qemu-efi-arm');
}
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5731
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12182
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12183
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3613
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0160
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6920-1
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High