Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : udev vulnerabilities (USN-758-1) - Nessus

High Plugin ID: 36530

This page contains detailed information about the Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : udev vulnerabilities (USN-758-1) 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: 36530
Name: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : udev vulnerabilities (USN-758-1)
Filename: ubuntu_USN-758-1.nasl
Vulnerability Published: N/A
This Plugin Published: 2009-04-23
Last Modification Time: 2021-01-19
Plugin Version: 1.22
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Required KB Items [?]: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Vulnerability Information

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that udev did not correctly validate netlink message senders. A local attacker could send specially crafted messages to udev in order to gain root privileges. (CVE-2009-1185)

Sebastian Krahmer discovered a buffer overflow in the path encoding routines in udev. A local attacker could exploit this to crash udev, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-1186).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Public Exploits

Target Network Port(s): N/A
Target Asset(s): N/A
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB, GitHub, Immunity Canvas, Core Impact)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : udev vulnerabilities (USN-758-1) vulnerability:

Metasploit: exploit/linux/local/udev_netlink
[Linux udev Netlink Local Privilege Escalation]
Exploit-DB: exploits/linux/local/8572.c
[EDB-8572: Linux Kernel 2.6 (Gentoo / Ubuntu 8.10/9.04) UDEV < 1.4.1 - Local Privilege Escalation (2)]
Exploit-DB: exploits/linux/local/21848.rb
[EDB-21848: Linux Kernel UDEV < 1.4.1 - 'Netlink' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)]
GitHub: https://github.com/Al1ex/LinuxEelvation
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/De4dCr0w/Linux-kernel-EoP-exp
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/InteliSecureLabs/Linux_Exploit_Suggester
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/PleXone2019/Linux_Exploit_Suggester
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/R0B1NL1N/Linux-Kernal-Exploits-m-
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/R0B1NL1N/Linux-Kernel-Exploites
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/Snoopy-Sec/Localroot-ALL-CVE
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/amane312/Linux_menthor
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/baoloc10/SoftwareSec-Metasploitable2
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/ferovap/Tools
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/frizb/Linux-Privilege-Escalation
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/h4x0r-dz/local-root-exploit-
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/ismailvc1111/Linux_Privilege
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/moorejacob2017/Simple-Metasploitable2-RootKit
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/qashqao/linux-xsuggest
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/qiantu88/Linux--exp
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/rakjong/LinuxElevation
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/ram4u/Linux_Exploit_Suggester
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/spencerdodd/kernelpop
[CVE-2009-1185]
GitHub: https://github.com/tangsilian/android-vuln
[CVE-2009-1185]
Immunity Canvas: CANVAS

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 V2 Vector [?]: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Base Score:	7.2 (High)
Impact Subscore:	10.0
Exploitability Subscore:	3.9
CVSS Temporal Score:	6.3 (Medium)
CVSS Environmental Score:	NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:	NA
Overall CVSS Score:	6.3 (Medium)

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Plugin Source

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-758-1. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(36530);
  script_version("1.22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1185", "CVE-2009-1186");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"758-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : udev vulnerabilities (USN-758-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Sebastian Krahmer discovered that udev did not correctly validate
netlink message senders. A local attacker could send specially crafted
messages to udev in order to gain root privileges. (CVE-2009-1185)

Sebastian Krahmer discovered a buffer overflow in the path encoding
routines in udev. A local attacker could exploit this to crash udev,
leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-1186).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/758-1/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected 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:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Linux udev Netlink Local Privilege Escalation');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'CANVAS');
  script_cwe_id(20, 119);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvolume-id-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libvolume-id0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:udev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:volumeid");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/04/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/04/23");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2009-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2009-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! ereg(pattern:"^(6\.06|7\.10|8\.04|8\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 6.06 / 7.10 / 8.04 / 8.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) 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, "Ubuntu", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"udev", pkgver:"079-0ubuntu35.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"libvolume-id-dev", pkgver:"113-0ubuntu17.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"libvolume-id0", pkgver:"113-0ubuntu17.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"udev", pkgver:"113-0ubuntu17.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"volumeid", pkgver:"113-0ubuntu17.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libvolume-id-dev", pkgver:"117-8ubuntu0.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libvolume-id0", pkgver:"117-8ubuntu0.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"udev", pkgver:"117-8ubuntu0.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"libvolume-id-dev", pkgver:"124-9ubuntu0.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"libvolume-id0", pkgver:"124-9ubuntu0.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"udev", pkgver:"124-9ubuntu0.2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libvolume-id-dev / libvolume-id0 / udev / volumeid");
}

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

Linux / Unix:
/opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/ubuntu_USN-758-1.nasl
Windows:
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\ubuntu_USN-758-1.nasl
Mac OS X:
/Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/ubuntu_USN-758-1.nasl

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How to Run

Here is how to run the Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : udev vulnerabilities (USN-758-1) 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 Ubuntu Local Security Checks plugin family.
On the right side table select Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : udev vulnerabilities (USN-758-1) plugin ID 36530.
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 ubuntu_USN-758-1.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a ubuntu_USN-758-1.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - ubuntu_USN-758-1.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 ubuntu_USN-758-1.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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References

USN | Ubuntu Security Notice:

758-1

CWE | Common Weakness Enumeration:

CWE-20 (Weakness) Improper Input Validation
CWE-119 (Weakness) Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

See also:

Similar and related Nessus plugins:

43742 - CentOS 5 : udev (CESA-2009:0427)
36172 - Debian DSA-1772-1 : udev - several vulnerabilities
36703 - Fedora 10 : udev-127-5.fc10 (2009-3711)
36175 - Fedora 9 : udev-124-4.fc9 (2009-3712)
36197 - GLSA-200904-18 : udev: Multiple vulnerabilities
38658 - Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : udev (MDVSA-2009:103-1)
67842 - Oracle Linux 5 : udev (ELSA-2009-0427)
79454 - OracleVM 2.1 : udev (OVMSA-2009-0006)
36177 - RHEL 5 : udev (RHSA-2009:0427)
60570 - Scientific Linux Security Update : udev on SL5.x i386/x86_64
36186 - Slackware 10.2 / 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / current : udev (SSA:2009-111-01)
40050 - openSUSE Security Update : libudev-devel (libudev-devel-768)
40271 - openSUSE Security Update : libudev-devel (libudev-devel-768)
41432 - SuSE 11 Security Update : udev (SAT Patch Number 766)
36182 - openSUSE 10 Security Update : libudev-devel (libudev-devel-6158)
41593 - SuSE 10 Security Update : udev (ZYPP Patch Number 6153)
41594 - SuSE 10 Security Update : udev (ZYPP Patch Number 6203)
52011 - VMSA-2009-0009 : ESX Service Console updates for udev, sudo, and curl
89115 - VMware ESX Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2009-0009) (remote check)

Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file ubuntu_USN-758-1.nasl version 1.22. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : udev vulnerabilities (USN-758-1) - Nessus

Plugin Overview

Vulnerability Information

Synopsis

Description

Solution

Public Exploits

Risk Information

Plugin Source

How to Run

References

Version

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