Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GCC vulnerability (USN-5770-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 168518

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5770-1 advisory.

- Under certain circumstances, the ix86_expand_builtin function in i386.c in GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) version 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 5 before 5.5, and 6 before 6.4 will generate instruction sequences that clobber the status flag of the RDRAND and RDSEED intrinsics before it can be read, potentially causing failures of these instructions to go unreported. This could potentially lead to less randomness in random number generation. (CVE-2017-11671)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5770-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 168518

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5770-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/8/2022

Updated: 7/10/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11671

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cpp-5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fixincludes, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:g%2b%2b-5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:g%2b%2b-5-multilib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gcc-5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gcc-5-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gcc-5-locales, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gcc-5-multilib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gcc-5-plugin-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gcc-5-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gcc-5-test-results, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gcc-6-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gccgo-5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gccgo-5-multilib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gccgo-6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gccgo-6-multilib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gcj-5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gcj-5-jdk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgo9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgomp1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libitm1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblsan0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmpx0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libobjc-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libobjc4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gcj-5-jre, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gcj-5-jre-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gcj-5-jre-lib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gcj-5-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gdc-5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gdc-5-multilib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gfortran-5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gfortran-5-multilib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnat-5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gnat-5-sjlj, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gobjc%2b%2b-5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gobjc%2b%2b-5-multilib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gobjc-5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gobjc-5-multilib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32asan2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32atomic1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32cilkrts5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32gcc-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32gcc1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32gfortran-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32gfortran3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32go7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32go9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32gomp1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32itm1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32lsan0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32mpx0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32objc-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libphobos-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libquadmath0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsfasan2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsfatomic1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsfgcc-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsfgcc1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsfgfortran-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsfgfortran3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsfgomp1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsfobjc-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsfobjc4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsfphobos-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsfstdc%2b%2b-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsfstdc%2b%2b6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsfubsan0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstdc%2b%2b-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstdc%2b%2b-5-pic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstdc%2b%2b6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtsan0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libubsan0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32asan2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32atomic1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32cilkrts5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32gcc-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32gcc1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32gfortran-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32gfortran3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32go7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32go9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32objc4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32phobos-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32quadmath0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32stdc%2b%2b-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32stdc%2b%2b6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32ubsan0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64asan2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64atomic1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64cilkrts5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64gcc-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64gcc1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64gfortran-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64gfortran3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64go7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64go9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64gomp1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64itm1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64mpx0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64objc-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64objc4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64phobos-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64quadmath0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64stdc%2b%2b-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64stdc%2b%2b6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64ubsan0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libasan2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libatomic1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcc1-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcilkrts5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgcc-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgcc1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgccjit-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgccjit0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgcj16, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgcj16-awt, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgcj16-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgfortran-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgfortran3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnat-5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnatprj5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnatprj5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnatvsn5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgnatvsn5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgo7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32lsan0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32objc-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32objc4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32phobos-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32quadmath0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32stdc%2b%2b-5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32stdc%2b%2b6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32ubsan0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32gomp1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32itm1

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11671

USN: 5770-1