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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-6951-3)

2024-08-1900:00:00
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 18.04 lts
linux kernel
azure
vulnerabilities
usn-6951-3
security
arm64
m68k
uml
x86
accessibility
character device driver
cpu frequency scaling
hardware crypto
firewire
gpu
macintosh
media
network
scsi
soundwire
tty
filesystem
network filesystem
kernel debugger
bluetooth
networking
ipv4
ipv6
netfilter
nfc
unix domain sockets
wireless networking
alsa
cve-2024-36934
cve-2024-38578
cve-2024-38600
cve-2024-27399
cve-2024-39276
cve-2024-38596
cve-2024-36933
cve-2024-36919
cve-2024-35976
cve-2024-37356
cve-2023-52585
cve-2024-38558
cve-2024-38560
cve-2024-38634
cve-2024-36959
cve-2024-38633
cve-2024-36886
cve-2024-27398
cve-2024-39493
cve-2024-26886
cve-2024-31076
cve-2024-38559
cve-2024-38615
cve-2024-36971
cve-2024-38627
cve-2024-36964
cve-2024-38780
cve-2024-37353
cve-2024-38621
cve-2024-36883
cve-2024-39488
cve-2024-38661
cve-2024-36939
cve-2024-38589
cve-2024-38565
cve-2024-38381
cve-2024-35947
cve-2024-36905
cve-2022-48772
cve-2024-36017
cve-2024-36946
cve-2024-27401
cve-2024-38579
cve-2024-38612
cve-2024-38598
cve-2024-38635
cve-2024-38587
cve-2024-38567
cve-2024-38549
cve-2024-36960
cve-2023-52752
cve-2024-27019
cve-2024-38601
cve-2024-39489
cve-2024-39467
cve-2023-52882
cve-2024-38583
cve-2024-39480
cve-2024-38607
cve-2024-36940
cve-2024-38659
cve-2023-52434
cve-2024-36015
cve-2024-38582
cve-2024-36950
cve-2024-38552
cve-2024-33621
cve-2024-36954
cve-2024-39475
cve-2024-39301
cve-2024-38599
cve-2024-36902
cve-2024-36286
cve-2024-38613
cve-2024-38637
cve-2024-36941
cve-2024-36014
cve-2024-38618
cve-2024-36904
cve-2024-36270
cve-2024-39292
cve-2024-39471
cve-2022-48674

CVSS3

9.8

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

8.7

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

43.7%

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6951-3 advisory.

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to     compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

- ARM64 architecture;

- M68K architecture;

- User-Mode Linux (UML);

- x86 architecture;

- Accessibility subsystem;

- Character device driver;

- Clock framework and drivers;

- CPU frequency scaling framework;

- Hardware crypto device drivers;

- Buffer Sharing and Synchronization framework;

- FireWire subsystem;

- GPU drivers;

- HW tracing;

- Macintosh device drivers;

- Multiple devices driver;

- Media drivers;

- Network drivers;

- Pin controllers subsystem;

- S/390 drivers;

- SCSI drivers;

- SoundWire subsystem;

- Greybus lights staging drivers;

- TTY drivers;

- Framebuffer layer;

- Virtio drivers;

- 9P distributed file system;

- eCrypt file system;

- EROFS file system;

- Ext4 file system;

- F2FS file system;

- JFFS2 file system;

- Network file system client;

- NILFS2 file system;

- SMB network file system;

- Kernel debugger infrastructure;

- IRQ subsystem;

- Tracing infrastructure;

- Dynamic debug library;

- 9P file system network protocol;

- Bluetooth subsystem;

- Networking core;

- IPv4 networking;

- IPv6 networking;

- Netfilter;

- NET/ROM layer;

- NFC subsystem;

- NSH protocol;

- Open vSwitch;

- Phonet protocol;

- TIPC protocol;

- Unix domain sockets;

- Wireless networking;

- eXpress Data Path;

- XFRM subsystem;

- ALSA framework; (CVE-2024-36934, CVE-2024-38578, CVE-2024-38600, CVE-2024-27399, CVE-2024-39276,     CVE-2024-38596, CVE-2024-36933, CVE-2024-36919, CVE-2024-35976, CVE-2024-37356, CVE-2023-52585,     CVE-2024-38558, CVE-2024-38560, CVE-2024-38634, CVE-2024-36959, CVE-2024-38633, CVE-2024-36886,     CVE-2024-27398, CVE-2024-39493, CVE-2024-26886, CVE-2024-31076, CVE-2024-38559, CVE-2024-38615,     CVE-2024-36971, CVE-2024-38627, CVE-2024-36964, CVE-2024-38780, CVE-2024-37353, CVE-2024-38621,     CVE-2024-36883, CVE-2024-39488, CVE-2024-38661, CVE-2024-36939, CVE-2024-38589, CVE-2024-38565,     CVE-2024-38381, CVE-2024-35947, CVE-2024-36905, CVE-2022-48772, CVE-2024-36017, CVE-2024-36946,     CVE-2024-27401, CVE-2024-38579, CVE-2024-38612, CVE-2024-38598, CVE-2024-38635, CVE-2024-38587,     CVE-2024-38567, CVE-2024-38549, CVE-2024-36960, CVE-2023-52752, CVE-2024-27019, CVE-2024-38601,     CVE-2024-39489, CVE-2024-39467, CVE-2023-52882, CVE-2024-38583, CVE-2024-39480, CVE-2024-38607,     CVE-2024-36940, CVE-2024-38659, CVE-2023-52434, CVE-2024-36015, CVE-2024-38582, CVE-2024-36950,     CVE-2024-38552, CVE-2024-33621, CVE-2024-36954, CVE-2024-39475, CVE-2024-39301, CVE-2024-38599,     CVE-2024-36902, CVE-2024-36286, CVE-2024-38613, CVE-2024-38637, CVE-2024-36941, CVE-2024-36014,     CVE-2024-38618, CVE-2024-36904, CVE-2024-36270, CVE-2024-39292, CVE-2024-39471, CVE-2022-48674)

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-6951-3. 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(205803);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/27");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2022-48674",
    "CVE-2022-48772",
    "CVE-2023-52434",
    "CVE-2023-52585",
    "CVE-2023-52752",
    "CVE-2023-52882",
    "CVE-2024-26886",
    "CVE-2024-27019",
    "CVE-2024-27398",
    "CVE-2024-27399",
    "CVE-2024-27401",
    "CVE-2024-31076",
    "CVE-2024-33621",
    "CVE-2024-35947",
    "CVE-2024-35976",
    "CVE-2024-36014",
    "CVE-2024-36015",
    "CVE-2024-36017",
    "CVE-2024-36270",
    "CVE-2024-36286",
    "CVE-2024-36883",
    "CVE-2024-36886",
    "CVE-2024-36902",
    "CVE-2024-36904",
    "CVE-2024-36905",
    "CVE-2024-36919",
    "CVE-2024-36933",
    "CVE-2024-36934",
    "CVE-2024-36939",
    "CVE-2024-36940",
    "CVE-2024-36941",
    "CVE-2024-36946",
    "CVE-2024-36950",
    "CVE-2024-36954",
    "CVE-2024-36959",
    "CVE-2024-36960",
    "CVE-2024-36964",
    "CVE-2024-36971",
    "CVE-2024-37353",
    "CVE-2024-37356",
    "CVE-2024-38381",
    "CVE-2024-38549",
    "CVE-2024-38552",
    "CVE-2024-38558",
    "CVE-2024-38559",
    "CVE-2024-38560",
    "CVE-2024-38565",
    "CVE-2024-38567",
    "CVE-2024-38578",
    "CVE-2024-38579",
    "CVE-2024-38582",
    "CVE-2024-38583",
    "CVE-2024-38587",
    "CVE-2024-38589",
    "CVE-2024-38596",
    "CVE-2024-38598",
    "CVE-2024-38599",
    "CVE-2024-38600",
    "CVE-2024-38601",
    "CVE-2024-38607",
    "CVE-2024-38612",
    "CVE-2024-38613",
    "CVE-2024-38615",
    "CVE-2024-38618",
    "CVE-2024-38621",
    "CVE-2024-38627",
    "CVE-2024-38633",
    "CVE-2024-38634",
    "CVE-2024-38635",
    "CVE-2024-38637",
    "CVE-2024-38659",
    "CVE-2024-38661",
    "CVE-2024-38780",
    "CVE-2024-39276",
    "CVE-2024-39292",
    "CVE-2024-39301",
    "CVE-2024-39467",
    "CVE-2024-39471",
    "CVE-2024-39475",
    "CVE-2024-39480",
    "CVE-2024-39488",
    "CVE-2024-39489",
    "CVE-2024-39493"
  );
  script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2024/08/28");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6951-3");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-6951-3)");

  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 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in
the USN-6951-3 advisory.

    Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to
    compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

    - ARM64 architecture;

    - M68K architecture;

    - User-Mode Linux (UML);

    - x86 architecture;

    - Accessibility subsystem;

    - Character device driver;

    - Clock framework and drivers;

    - CPU frequency scaling framework;

    - Hardware crypto device drivers;

    - Buffer Sharing and Synchronization framework;

    - FireWire subsystem;

    - GPU drivers;

    - HW tracing;

    - Macintosh device drivers;

    - Multiple devices driver;

    - Media drivers;

    - Network drivers;

    - Pin controllers subsystem;

    - S/390 drivers;

    - SCSI drivers;

    - SoundWire subsystem;

    - Greybus lights staging drivers;

    - TTY drivers;

    - Framebuffer layer;

    - Virtio drivers;

    - 9P distributed file system;

    - eCrypt file system;

    - EROFS file system;

    - Ext4 file system;

    - F2FS file system;

    - JFFS2 file system;

    - Network file system client;

    - NILFS2 file system;

    - SMB network file system;

    - Kernel debugger infrastructure;

    - IRQ subsystem;

    - Tracing infrastructure;

    - Dynamic debug library;

    - 9P file system network protocol;

    - Bluetooth subsystem;

    - Networking core;

    - IPv4 networking;

    - IPv6 networking;

    - Netfilter;

    - NET/ROM layer;

    - NFC subsystem;

    - NSH protocol;

    - Open vSwitch;

    - Phonet protocol;

    - TIPC protocol;

    - Unix domain sockets;

    - Wireless networking;

    - eXpress Data Path;

    - XFRM subsystem;

    - ALSA framework; (CVE-2024-36934, CVE-2024-38578, CVE-2024-38600, CVE-2024-27399, CVE-2024-39276,
    CVE-2024-38596, CVE-2024-36933, CVE-2024-36919, CVE-2024-35976, CVE-2024-37356, CVE-2023-52585,
    CVE-2024-38558, CVE-2024-38560, CVE-2024-38634, CVE-2024-36959, CVE-2024-38633, CVE-2024-36886,
    CVE-2024-27398, CVE-2024-39493, CVE-2024-26886, CVE-2024-31076, CVE-2024-38559, CVE-2024-38615,
    CVE-2024-36971, CVE-2024-38627, CVE-2024-36964, CVE-2024-38780, CVE-2024-37353, CVE-2024-38621,
    CVE-2024-36883, CVE-2024-39488, CVE-2024-38661, CVE-2024-36939, CVE-2024-38589, CVE-2024-38565,
    CVE-2024-38381, CVE-2024-35947, CVE-2024-36905, CVE-2022-48772, CVE-2024-36017, CVE-2024-36946,
    CVE-2024-27401, CVE-2024-38579, CVE-2024-38612, CVE-2024-38598, CVE-2024-38635, CVE-2024-38587,
    CVE-2024-38567, CVE-2024-38549, CVE-2024-36960, CVE-2023-52752, CVE-2024-27019, CVE-2024-38601,
    CVE-2024-39489, CVE-2024-39467, CVE-2023-52882, CVE-2024-38583, CVE-2024-39480, CVE-2024-38607,
    CVE-2024-36940, CVE-2024-38659, CVE-2023-52434, CVE-2024-36015, CVE-2024-38582, CVE-2024-36950,
    CVE-2024-38552, CVE-2024-33621, CVE-2024-36954, CVE-2024-39475, CVE-2024-39301, CVE-2024-38599,
    CVE-2024-36902, CVE-2024-36286, CVE-2024-38613, CVE-2024-38637, CVE-2024-36941, CVE-2024-36014,
    CVE-2024-38618, CVE-2024-36904, CVE-2024-36270, CVE-2024-39292, CVE-2024-39471, CVE-2022-48674)

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-6951-3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-52434");

  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:"2024/02/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/08/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/08/19");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  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:linux-image-5.4.0-1135-azure");
  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", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');
include('ksplice.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 (! ('18.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 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 kernel_mappings = {
  '18.04': {
    '5.4.0': {
      'azure': '5.4.0-1135'
    }
  }
};

var host_kernel_release = get_kb_item('Host/uptrack-uname-r');
if (empty_or_null(host_kernel_release)) host_kernel_release = get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/uname-r');
var host_kernel_base_version = get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/Debian/kernel-base-version');
var host_kernel_type = get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/Debian/kernel-type');
if(empty_or_null(kernel_mappings[os_release][host_kernel_base_version][host_kernel_type])) audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, 'kernel ' + host_kernel_release);

var extra = '';
var kernel_fixed_version = kernel_mappings[os_release][host_kernel_base_version][host_kernel_type] + "-" + host_kernel_type;
if (!ubuntu_pro_detected) {
  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';
}
if (deb_ver_cmp(ver1:host_kernel_release, ver2:kernel_fixed_version) < 0)
{
  extra += 'Running Kernel level of ' + host_kernel_release + ' does not meet the minimum fixed level of ' + kernel_fixed_version + ' for this advisory.\n\n';
}
  else
{
  audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'Kernel package for USN-6951-3');
}

if (get_one_kb_item('Host/ksplice/kernel-cves'))
{
  var cve_list = make_list('CVE-2022-48674', 'CVE-2022-48772', 'CVE-2023-52434', 'CVE-2023-52585', 'CVE-2023-52752', 'CVE-2023-52882', 'CVE-2024-26886', 'CVE-2024-27019', 'CVE-2024-27398', 'CVE-2024-27399', 'CVE-2024-27401', 'CVE-2024-31076', 'CVE-2024-33621', 'CVE-2024-35947', 'CVE-2024-35976', 'CVE-2024-36014', 'CVE-2024-36015', 'CVE-2024-36017', 'CVE-2024-36270', 'CVE-2024-36286', 'CVE-2024-36883', 'CVE-2024-36886', 'CVE-2024-36902', 'CVE-2024-36904', 'CVE-2024-36905', 'CVE-2024-36919', 'CVE-2024-36933', 'CVE-2024-36934', 'CVE-2024-36939', 'CVE-2024-36940', 'CVE-2024-36941', 'CVE-2024-36946', 'CVE-2024-36950', 'CVE-2024-36954', 'CVE-2024-36959', 'CVE-2024-36960', 'CVE-2024-36964', 'CVE-2024-36971', 'CVE-2024-37353', 'CVE-2024-37356', 'CVE-2024-38381', 'CVE-2024-38549', 'CVE-2024-38552', 'CVE-2024-38558', 'CVE-2024-38559', 'CVE-2024-38560', 'CVE-2024-38565', 'CVE-2024-38567', 'CVE-2024-38578', 'CVE-2024-38579', 'CVE-2024-38582', 'CVE-2024-38583', 'CVE-2024-38587', 'CVE-2024-38589', 'CVE-2024-38596', 'CVE-2024-38598', 'CVE-2024-38599', 'CVE-2024-38600', 'CVE-2024-38601', 'CVE-2024-38607', 'CVE-2024-38612', 'CVE-2024-38613', 'CVE-2024-38615', 'CVE-2024-38618', 'CVE-2024-38621', 'CVE-2024-38627', 'CVE-2024-38633', 'CVE-2024-38634', 'CVE-2024-38635', 'CVE-2024-38637', 'CVE-2024-38659', 'CVE-2024-38661', 'CVE-2024-38780', 'CVE-2024-39276', 'CVE-2024-39292', 'CVE-2024-39301', 'CVE-2024-39467', 'CVE-2024-39471', 'CVE-2024-39475', 'CVE-2024-39480', 'CVE-2024-39488', 'CVE-2024-39489', 'CVE-2024-39493');
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, 'KSplice hotfix for USN-6951-3');
  }
  else
  {
    extra = extra + ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}
if (extra) {
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}

References

CVSS3

9.8

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

8.7

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

43.7%