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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : shadow regression (USN-3276-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 100248

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3276-2 advisory.

 USN-3276-1 intended to fix a vulnerability in su. The solution introduced a regression in su signal handling. This update modifies the security fix. We apologize for the inconvenience.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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 login, passwd and / or uidmap packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3276-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 100248

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3276-2.nasl

Version: 3.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/17/2017

Updated: 10/29/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:passwd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uidmap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:login

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2017

Reference Information

USN: 3276-2