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NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : polkit Vulnerability (NS-SA-2022-0061)

high Nessus Plugin ID 160784

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has polkit packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing the credential checks for D-Bus requests, elevating the privileges of the requestor to the root user. This flaw could be used by an unprivileged local attacker to, for example, create a new local administrator. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-3560)

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

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL polkit packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

http://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2022-0061

http://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2021-3560

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 160784

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2022-0061_polkit.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 5/9/2022

Updated: 10/30/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3560

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:polkit, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:polkit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:polkit-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:polkit-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:polkit-libs-debuginfo, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/2/2023

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Polkit D-Bus Authentication Bypass)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3560