Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-10872 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in Redhat products

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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2018:2164 and 
# Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2018-2164 respectively.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(110996);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/27 13:00:38");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-10675", "CVE-2018-10872", "CVE-2018-3639", "CVE-2018-3665");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2018:2164");

  script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2018-2164) (Spectre)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"From Red Hat Security Advisory 2018:2164 :

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security
impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each
vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.

Security Fix(es) :

* An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern
microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load
& Store instructions (a commonly used performance optimization). It
relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in
the privileged code as well as the fact that memory read from address
to which a recent memory write has occurred may see an older value and
subsequently cause an update into the microprocessor's data cache even
for speculatively executed instructions that never actually commit
(retire). As a result, an unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to
read privileged memory by conducting targeted cache side-channel
attacks. (CVE-2018-3639, x86 AMD)

* kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in
mm/mempolicy.c:do_get_mempolicy function allows local denial of
service or other unspecified impact (CVE-2018-10675)

* Kernel: FPU state information leakage via lazy FPU restore
(CVE-2018-3665)

* kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS (CVE-2018-8897
regression) (CVE-2018-10872)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a
CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s)
listed in the References section.

Red Hat would like to thank Ken Johnson (Microsoft Security Response
Center) and Jann Horn (Google Project Zero) for reporting
CVE-2018-3639 and Julian Stecklina (Amazon.de), Thomas Prescher
(cyberus-technology.de), and Zdenek Sojka (sysgo.com) for reporting
CVE-2018-3665.

Bug Fix(es) :

* Previously, microcode updates on 32 and 64-bit AMD and Intel
architectures were not synchronized. As a consequence, it was not
possible to apply the microcode updates. This fix adds the
synchronization to the microcode updates so that processors of the
stated architectures receive updates at the same time. As a result,
microcode updates are now synchronized. (BZ# 1574592)"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2018-July/007874.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected kernel packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/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:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-abi-whitelists");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-debug-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-firmware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-headers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-perf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/05/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/07/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/07/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"in_the_news", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
include("ksplice.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/OracleLinux")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux");
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux) .*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Oracle Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^6([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux 6", "Oracle Linux " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Oracle Linux", cpu);

if (get_one_kb_item("Host/ksplice/kernel-cves"))
{
  rm_kb_item(name:"Host/uptrack-uname-r");
  cve_list = make_list("CVE-2018-10675", "CVE-2018-10872", "CVE-2018-3639", "CVE-2018-3665");  
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "KSplice hotfix for ELSA-2018-2164");
  }
  else
  {
    __rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text();
  }
}

kernel_major_minor = get_kb_item("Host/uname/major_minor");
if (empty_or_null(kernel_major_minor)) exit(1, "Unable to determine kernel major-minor level.");
expected_kernel_major_minor = "2.6";
if (kernel_major_minor != expected_kernel_major_minor)
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "running kernel level " + expected_kernel_major_minor + ", it is running kernel level " + kernel_major_minor);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-2.6.32") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-debug-2.6.32") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-devel-2.6.32") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-doc-2.6.32") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-firmware-2.6.32") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-headers-2.6.32") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"python-perf-2.6.32-754.2.1.el6")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "affected kernel");
}