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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : cvs vulnerability (USN-3399-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 102680

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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 a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3399-1 advisory.

 Hank Leininger discovered that cvs did not properly handle SSH for remote repositories. A remote attacker could use this to construct a cvs repository that when accessed could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

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 cvs package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3399-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102680

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3399-1.nasl

Version: 3.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/22/2017

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12836

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cvs, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12836

USN: 3399-1