Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-004) - Nessus

Medium Plugin ID: 160440

This page contains detailed information about the Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-004) Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.

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Plugin Overview
Vulnerability Information

Synopsis
Description
Solution

Public Exploits
Risk Information
Plugin Source
How to Run
References
Version

Plugin Overview

ID: 160440
Name: Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-004)
Filename: al2_ALASKERNEL-5_4-2022-004.nasl
Vulnerability Published: 2020-10-02
This Plugin Published: 2022-05-02
Last Modification Time: 2022-05-02
Plugin Version: 1.2
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Required KB Items [?]: Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Vulnerability Information

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.4.129-62.227. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-004 advisory.

- The 802.11 standard that underpins Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA, WPA2, and WPA3) and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) doesn't require that received fragments be cleared from memory after (re)connecting to a network. Under the right circumstances, when another device sends fragmented frames encrypted using WEP, CCMP, or GCMP, this can be abused to inject arbitrary network packets and/or exfiltrate user data. (CVE-2020-24586)

- The 802.11 standard that underpins Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA, WPA2, and WPA3) and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) doesn't require that all fragments of a frame are encrypted under the same key. An adversary can abuse this to decrypt selected fragments when another device sends fragmented frames and the WEP, CCMP, or GCMP encryption key is periodically renewed. (CVE-2020-24587)

- The 802.11 standard that underpins Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA, WPA2, and WPA3) and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) doesn't require that the A-MSDU flag in the plaintext QoS header field is authenticated. Against devices that support receiving non-SSP A-MSDU frames (which is mandatory as part of 802.11n), an adversary can abuse this to inject arbitrary network packets. (CVE-2020-24588)

- An issue was discovered in the kernel in NetBSD 7.1. An Access Point (AP) forwards EAPOL frames to other clients even though the sender has not yet successfully authenticated to the AP. This might be abused in projected Wi-Fi networks to launch denial-of-service attacks against connected clients and makes it easier to exploit other vulnerabilities in connected clients. (CVE-2020-26139)

- An issue was discovered in the ALFA Windows 10 driver 6.1316.1209 for AWUS036H. The Wi-Fi implementation does not verify the Message Integrity Check (authenticity) of fragmented TKIP frames. An adversary can abuse this to inject and possibly decrypt packets in WPA or WPA2 networks that support the TKIP data- confidentiality protocol. (CVE-2020-26141)

- An issue was discovered on Samsung Galaxy S3 i9305 4.4.4 devices. The WEP, WPA, WPA2, and WPA3 implementations accept second (or subsequent) broadcast fragments even when sent in plaintext and process them as full unfragmented frames. An adversary can abuse this to inject arbitrary network packets independent of the network configuration. (CVE-2020-26145)

- An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.8.9. The WEP, WPA, WPA2, and WPA3 implementations reassemble fragments even though some of them were sent in plaintext. This vulnerability can be abused to inject packets and/or exfiltrate selected fragments when another device sends fragmented frames and the WEP, CCMP, or GCMP data-confidentiality protocol is used. (CVE-2020-26147)

- The Linux kernel through 5.8.13 does not properly enforce the Secure Boot Forbidden Signature Database (aka dbx) protection mechanism. This affects certs/blacklist.c and certs/system_keyring.c. (CVE-2020-26541)

- Bluetooth LE and BR/EDR secure pairing in Bluetooth Core Specification 2.1 through 5.2 may permit a nearby man-in-the-middle attacker to identify the Passkey used during pairing (in the Passkey authentication procedure) by reflection of the public key and the authentication evidence of the initiating device, potentially permitting this attacker to complete authenticated pairing with the responding device using the correct Passkey for the pairing session. The attack methodology determines the Passkey value one bit at a time. (CVE-2020-26558)

- Improper access control in BlueZ may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0129)

- An issue was discovered in Linux: KVM through Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO checks and can lead to pages being freed while still accessible by the VMM and guest. This allows users with the ability to start and control a VM to read/write random pages of memory and can result in local privilege escalation. (CVE-2021-22543)

- net/bluetooth/hci_request.c in the Linux kernel through 5.12.2 has a race condition for removal of the HCI controller. (CVE-2021-32399)

- In the Linux kernel before 5.12.4, net/bluetooth/hci_event.c has a use-after-free when destroying an hci_chan, aka CID-5c4c8c954409. This leads to writing an arbitrary value. (CVE-2021-33034)

- net/can/bcm.c in the Linux kernel through 5.12.10 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory because parts of a data structure are uninitialized. (CVE-2021-34693)

- An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory access flaw was found in fs/f2fs/node.c in the f2fs module in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.12.0-rc4. A bounds check failure allows a local attacker to gain access to out-of-bounds memory leading to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-3506)

- A flaw double-free memory corruption in the Linux kernel HCI device initialization subsystem was found in the way user attach malicious HCI TTY Bluetooth device. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system. This flaw affects all the Linux kernel versions starting from 3.13. (CVE-2021-3564)

- A use-after-free in function hci_sock_bound_ioctl() of the Linux kernel HCI subsystem was found in the way user calls ioct HCIUNBLOCKADDR or other way triggers race condition of the call hci_unregister_dev() together with one of the calls hci_sock_blacklist_add(), hci_sock_blacklist_del(), hci_get_conn_info(), hci_get_auth_info(). A privileged local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system. This flaw affects the Linux kernel versions prior to 5.13-rc5. (CVE-2021-3573)

- net/nfc/llcp_sock.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.10 allows local unprivileged users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) by making a getsockname call after a certain type of failure of a bind call. (CVE-2021-38208)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update kernel' to update your system.

Public Exploits

Target Network Port(s): N/A
Target Asset(s): N/A
Exploit Available: True (GitHub)
Exploit Ease: Exploits (PoCs) are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-004) vulnerability:

GitHub: https://github.com/vanhoefm/fragattacks
[CVE-2020-24586]
GitHub: https://github.com/vanhoefm/fragattacks
[CVE-2020-24587]
GitHub: https://github.com/vanhoefm/fragattacks
[CVE-2020-24588]
GitHub: https://github.com/vanhoefm/fragattacks
[CVE-2020-26139]
GitHub: https://github.com/vanhoefm/fragattacks
[CVE-2020-26145]
GitHub: https://github.com/vanhoefm/fragattacks
[CVE-2020-26147]
GitHub: https://github.com/AlAIAL90/CVE-2020-26558
[CVE-2020-26558: PoC for exploiting CVE-2020-26558 : Bluetooth LE and BR/EDR secure pairing in ...]
GitHub: https://github.com/engn33r/awesome-bluetooth-security
[CVE-2020-26558]
GitHub: https://github.com/AlAIAL90/CVE-2021-0129
[CVE-2021-0129: PoC for exploiting CVE-2021-0129 : Improper access control in BlueZ may allow an ...]
GitHub: https://github.com/xairy/linux-kernel-exploitation
[CVE-2021-3573]
GitHub: https://github.com/JamesGeeee/CVE-2021-22543
[CVE-2021-22543: PoC for exploiting CVE-2021-22543]
GitHub: https://github.com/nanopathi/linux-4.19.72_CVE-2021-32399
[CVE-2021-32399]
GitHub: https://github.com/Trinadh465/device_renesas_kernel_AOSP10_r33_CVE-2021-33034
[CVE-2021-33034]
GitHub: https://github.com/artsking/linux-4.1.15_CVE-2021-33034_withPatch
[CVE-2021-33034]

Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.

WARNING: Beware of using unverified exploits from sources such as GitHub or Exploit-DB. These exploits and PoCs could contain malware. For more information, see how to use exploits safely.

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source [?]: CVE-2021-3573
CVSS V2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Base Score:	6.9 (Medium)
Impact Subscore:	10.0
Exploitability Subscore:	3.4
CVSS Temporal Score:	5.1 (Medium)
CVSS Environmental Score:	NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:	NA
Overall CVSS Score:	5.1 (Medium)

CVSS V3 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Base Score:	6.4 (Medium)
Impact Subscore:	5.9
Exploitability Subscore:	0.5
CVSS Temporal Score:	5.6 (Medium)
CVSS Environmental Score:	NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:	NA
Overall CVSS Score:	5.6 (Medium)

STIG Severity [?]: I
STIG Risk Rating: High

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Plugin Source

##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-004.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(160440);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/05/02");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2020-24586",
    "CVE-2020-24587",
    "CVE-2020-24588",
    "CVE-2020-26139",
    "CVE-2020-26141",
    "CVE-2020-26145",
    "CVE-2020-26147",
    "CVE-2020-26541",
    "CVE-2020-26558",
    "CVE-2021-0129",
    "CVE-2021-3506",
    "CVE-2021-3564",
    "CVE-2021-3573",
    "CVE-2021-22543",
    "CVE-2021-32399",
    "CVE-2021-33034",
    "CVE-2021-34693",
    "CVE-2021-38208"
  );
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0223-S");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0222-S");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-004)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.4.129-62.227. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-004 advisory.

  - The 802.11 standard that underpins Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA, WPA2, and WPA3) and Wired Equivalent
    Privacy (WEP) doesn't require that received fragments be cleared from memory after (re)connecting to a
    network. Under the right circumstances, when another device sends fragmented frames encrypted using WEP,
    CCMP, or GCMP, this can be abused to inject arbitrary network packets and/or exfiltrate user data.
    (CVE-2020-24586)

  - The 802.11 standard that underpins Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA, WPA2, and WPA3) and Wired Equivalent
    Privacy (WEP) doesn't require that all fragments of a frame are encrypted under the same key. An adversary
    can abuse this to decrypt selected fragments when another device sends fragmented frames and the WEP,
    CCMP, or GCMP encryption key is periodically renewed. (CVE-2020-24587)

  - The 802.11 standard that underpins Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA, WPA2, and WPA3) and Wired Equivalent
    Privacy (WEP) doesn't require that the A-MSDU flag in the plaintext QoS header field is authenticated.
    Against devices that support receiving non-SSP A-MSDU frames (which is mandatory as part of 802.11n), an
    adversary can abuse this to inject arbitrary network packets. (CVE-2020-24588)

  - An issue was discovered in the kernel in NetBSD 7.1. An Access Point (AP) forwards EAPOL frames to other
    clients even though the sender has not yet successfully authenticated to the AP. This might be abused in
    projected Wi-Fi networks to launch denial-of-service attacks against connected clients and makes it easier
    to exploit other vulnerabilities in connected clients. (CVE-2020-26139)

  - An issue was discovered in the ALFA Windows 10 driver 6.1316.1209 for AWUS036H. The Wi-Fi implementation
    does not verify the Message Integrity Check (authenticity) of fragmented TKIP frames. An adversary can
    abuse this to inject and possibly decrypt packets in WPA or WPA2 networks that support the TKIP data-
    confidentiality protocol. (CVE-2020-26141)

  - An issue was discovered on Samsung Galaxy S3 i9305 4.4.4 devices. The WEP, WPA, WPA2, and WPA3
    implementations accept second (or subsequent) broadcast fragments even when sent in plaintext and process
    them as full unfragmented frames. An adversary can abuse this to inject arbitrary network packets
    independent of the network configuration. (CVE-2020-26145)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.8.9. The WEP, WPA, WPA2, and WPA3 implementations reassemble
    fragments even though some of them were sent in plaintext. This vulnerability can be abused to inject
    packets and/or exfiltrate selected fragments when another device sends fragmented frames and the WEP,
    CCMP, or GCMP data-confidentiality protocol is used. (CVE-2020-26147)

  - The Linux kernel through 5.8.13 does not properly enforce the Secure Boot Forbidden Signature Database
    (aka dbx) protection mechanism. This affects certs/blacklist.c and certs/system_keyring.c.
    (CVE-2020-26541)

  - Bluetooth LE and BR/EDR secure pairing in Bluetooth Core Specification 2.1 through 5.2 may permit a nearby
    man-in-the-middle attacker to identify the Passkey used during pairing (in the Passkey authentication
    procedure) by reflection of the public key and the authentication evidence of the initiating device,
    potentially permitting this attacker to complete authenticated pairing with the responding device using
    the correct Passkey for the pairing session. The attack methodology determines the Passkey value one bit
    at a time. (CVE-2020-26558)

  - Improper access control in BlueZ may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information
    disclosure via adjacent access. (CVE-2021-0129)

  - An issue was discovered in Linux: KVM through Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass
    RO checks and can lead to pages being freed while still accessible by the VMM and guest. This allows users
    with the ability to start and control a VM to read/write random pages of memory and can result in local
    privilege escalation. (CVE-2021-22543)

  - net/bluetooth/hci_request.c in the Linux kernel through 5.12.2 has a race condition for removal of the HCI
    controller. (CVE-2021-32399)

  - In the Linux kernel before 5.12.4, net/bluetooth/hci_event.c has a use-after-free when destroying an
    hci_chan, aka CID-5c4c8c954409. This leads to writing an arbitrary value. (CVE-2021-33034)

  - net/can/bcm.c in the Linux kernel through 5.12.10 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from
    kernel stack memory because parts of a data structure are uninitialized. (CVE-2021-34693)

  - An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory access flaw was found in fs/f2fs/node.c in the f2fs module in the Linux
    kernel in versions before 5.12.0-rc4. A bounds check failure allows a local attacker to gain access to
    out-of-bounds memory leading to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information. The highest
    threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-3506)

  - A flaw double-free memory corruption in the Linux kernel HCI device initialization subsystem was found in
    the way user attach malicious HCI TTY Bluetooth device. A local user could use this flaw to crash the
    system. This flaw affects all the Linux kernel versions starting from 3.13. (CVE-2021-3564)

  - A use-after-free in function hci_sock_bound_ioctl() of the Linux kernel HCI subsystem was found in the way
    user calls ioct HCIUNBLOCKADDR or other way triggers race condition of the call hci_unregister_dev()
    together with one of the calls hci_sock_blacklist_add(), hci_sock_blacklist_del(), hci_get_conn_info(),
    hci_get_auth_info(). A privileged local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their
    privileges on the system. This flaw affects the Linux kernel versions prior to 5.13-rc5. (CVE-2021-3573)

  - net/nfc/llcp_sock.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.10 allows local unprivileged users to cause a denial
    of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) by making a getsockname call after a certain type of failure
    of a bind call. (CVE-2021-38208)

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://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-004.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-24586.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-24587.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-24588.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-26139.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-26141.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-26145.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-26147.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-26541.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-26558.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-0129.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-22543.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-32399.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-33034.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-34693.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3506.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3564.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3573.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-38208.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update kernel' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/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-2021-3573");

  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:"2020/10/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/01/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/05/02");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

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

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");
include("hotfixes.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

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

if (get_one_kb_item("Host/kpatch/kernel-cves"))
{
  set_hotfix_type("kpatch");
  var cve_list = make_list("CVE-2020-24586", "CVE-2020-24587", "CVE-2020-24588", "CVE-2020-26139", "CVE-2020-26141", "CVE-2020-26145", "CVE-2020-26147", "CVE-2020-26541", "CVE-2020-26558", "CVE-2021-0129", "CVE-2021-3506", "CVE-2021-3564", "CVE-2021-3573", "CVE-2021-22543", "CVE-2021-32399", "CVE-2021-33034", "CVE-2021-34693", "CVE-2021-38208");
  if (hotfix_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "kpatch hotfix for ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-004");
  }
  else
  {
    __rpm_report = hotfix_reporting_text();
  }
}
var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'bpftool-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'bpftool-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'bpftool-debuginfo-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-debuginfo-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-debuginfo-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-devel-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-devel-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-headers-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-headers-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-headers-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-debuginfo-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-devel-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kernel-tools-devel-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'perf-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'perf-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'perf-debuginfo-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'perf-debuginfo-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python-perf-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python-perf-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'python-perf-debuginfo-5.4.129-62.227.amzn2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var release = NULL;
  var cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (reference && release) {
    if (rpm_check(release:release, cpu:cpu, reference:reference, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "bpftool / bpftool-debuginfo / kernel / etc");
}

The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:

Linux / Unix:
/opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/al2_ALASKERNEL-5_4-2022-004.nasl
Windows:
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\al2_ALASKERNEL-5_4-2022-004.nasl
Mac OS X:
/Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/al2_ALASKERNEL-5_4-2022-004.nasl

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How to Run

Here is how to run the Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-004) as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):

Click to start a New Scan.
Select Advanced Scan.
Navigate to the Plugins tab.
On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
On the left side table select Amazon Linux Local Security Checks plugin family.
On the right side table select Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-004) plugin ID 160440.
Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
Run the scan.

Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.

Basic usage:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl al2_ALASKERNEL-5_4-2022-004.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a al2_ALASKERNEL-5_4-2022-004.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - al2_ALASKERNEL-5_4-2022-004.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state al2_ALASKERNEL-5_4-2022-004.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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References

IAVA | Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert:

2021-A-0222-S, 2021-A-0223-S

See also:

Similar and related Nessus plugins:

160459 - Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2022-002)
157497 - AlmaLinux 8 : kernel (ALSA-2021:4356)
155070 - CentOS 8 : kernel-rt (CESA-2021:4140)
155145 - CentOS 8 : kernel (CESA-2021:4356)
153703 - EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2530)
155142 - EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2663)
159627 - EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2022-1366)
158985 - FreeBSD : FreeBSD-kernel -- Multiple WiFi issues (8d20bd48-a4f3-11ec-90de-1c697aa5a594)
155425 - Oracle Linux 8 : kernel (ELSA-2021-4356)
152382 - Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9404)
152389 - Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel-container (ELSA-2021-9406)
153557 - Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2021-9459)
155172 - RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:4140)
155219 - RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2021:4356)
149383 - KB5003169: Windows 10 version 1909 Security Update (May 2021)
149382 - KB5003171: Windows 10 version 1809 / Windows Server 2019 Security Update (May 2021)
149396 - KB5003172: Windows 10 version 1507 LTS Security Update (May 2021)
149398 - KB5003173: Windows 10 version 2004 / Windows 10 version 20H2 Security Update (May 2021)
149391 - KB5003174: Windows 10 version 1803 Security Update (May 2021)
149390 - KB5003197: Windows 10 1607 / Windows Server 2016 Security Update (May 2021)
149440 - KB5003208: Windows Server 2012 Security Update (May 2021)
149389 - KB5003210: Windows Server 2008 Security Update (May 2021)
149392 - KB5003233: Windows Server 2008 R2 Security Update (May 2021)
153127 - Ubuntu 21.04 : Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities (USN-4997-2)
153131 - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities (USN-5000-2)

Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file al2_ALASKERNEL-5_4-2022-004.nasl version 1.2. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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