Detections
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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : Apport vulnerability (USN-768-1)
low Nessus Plugin ID 38647
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Stephane Chazelas discovered that Apport did not safely remove files from its crash report directory. If Apport had been enabled at some point, a local attacker could remove arbitrary files from the system.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.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 38647
File Name: ubuntu_USN-768-1.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 4/30/2009
Updated: 1/19/2021
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: 4.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 1.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apport-retrace, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apport-qt, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-problem-report, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-apport, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apport, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apport-gtk
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1295