Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-20839
Attack vector
PHYSICAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
systemd 242 changes the VT1 mode upon a logout, which allows attackers to read cleartext passwords in certain circumstances, such as watching a shutdown, or using Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F2. This occurs because the KDGKBMODE (aka current keyboard mode) check is mishandled.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 | |
Application | 2 | |
OS | 1 | |
Hardware | 1 |
Nessus
NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2020-1062.NASL description According to the versions of the xorg-x11-server packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An incorrect permission check for -modulepath and -logfile options when starting Xorg X server allows unprivileged users with the ability to log in to the system via physical console to escalate their privileges and run arbitrary code under root privileges.(CVE-2018-14665) - systemd 242 changes the VT1 mode upon a logout, which allows attackers to read cleartext passwords in certain circumstances, such as watching a shutdown, or using Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F2. This occurs because the KDGKBMODE (aka current keyboard mode) check is mishandled.(CVE-2018-20839)(CVE-2019-1547) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 132816 published 2020-01-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132816 title EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.5.0 : xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2020-1062) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(132816); script_version("1.2"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/15"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2018-14665", "CVE-2018-20839" ); script_name(english:"EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.5.0 : xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2020-1062)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 host is missing multiple security updates."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to the versions of the xorg-x11-server packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An incorrect permission check for -modulepath and -logfile options when starting Xorg X server allows unprivileged users with the ability to log in to the system via physical console to escalate their privileges and run arbitrary code under root privileges.(CVE-2018-14665) - systemd 242 changes the VT1 mode upon a logout, which allows attackers to read cleartext passwords in certain circumstances, such as watching a shutdown, or using Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F2. This occurs because the KDGKBMODE (aka current keyboard mode) check is mishandled.(CVE-2018-20839)(CVE-2019-1547) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues."); # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2020-1062 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1ac7ca3f"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Update the affected xorg-x11-server 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:F/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:P/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:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Xorg X11 Server SUID modulepath Privilege Escalation'); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/01/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/01/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:xorg-x11-server-Xorg"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:xorg-x11-server-common"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:3.0.5.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/release"); if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS"); uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); if (uvp != "3.0.5.0") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.5.0"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/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$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu); if ("aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "aarch64", cpu); flag = 0; pkgs = ["xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.1-4.h4.eulerosv2r8", "xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.1-4.h4.eulerosv2r8"]; foreach (pkg in pkgs) if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", reference:pkg)) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "xorg-x11-server"); }
NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2020-1037.NASL description According to the version of the xorg-x11-server packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - systemd 242 changes the VT1 mode upon a logout, which allows attackers to read cleartext passwords in certain circumstances, such as watching a shutdown, or using Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F2. This occurs because the KDGKBMODE (aka current keyboard mode) check is mishandled.(CVE-2018-20839) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-05-03 modified 2020-01-02 plugin id 132630 published 2020-01-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132630 title EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2020-1037) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(132630); script_version("1.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/01"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2018-20839" ); script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : xorg-x11-server (EulerOS-SA-2020-1037)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to the version of the xorg-x11-server packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - systemd 242 changes the VT1 mode upon a logout, which allows attackers to read cleartext passwords in certain circumstances, such as watching a shutdown, or using Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F2. This occurs because the KDGKBMODE (aka current keyboard mode) check is mishandled.(CVE-2018-20839) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues."); # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2020-1037 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f2f1bbbb"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Update the affected xorg-x11-server package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); 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:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/01/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/01/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:xorg-x11-server-Xephyr"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:xorg-x11-server-Xorg"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:xorg-x11-server-Xvfb"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:xorg-x11-server-Xwayland"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:xorg-x11-server-common"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp"); script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/release"); if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS"); if (release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0"); sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp"); if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(8)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP8"); uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP8", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp); if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu); if ("aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "aarch64", cpu); flag = 0; pkgs = ["xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.20.1-4.h4.eulerosv2r8", "xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.1-4.h4.eulerosv2r8", "xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.20.1-4.h4.eulerosv2r8", "xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.20.1-4.h4.eulerosv2r8", "xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.1-4.h4.eulerosv2r8"]; foreach (pkg in pkgs) if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"8", reference:pkg)) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "xorg-x11-server"); }
References
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/12378
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/9725f1a10f80f5e0ae7d9b60547458622aeb322f
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1803993
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108389
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190530-0002/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E