Detections
Analytics

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : util-linux update (USN-1045-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51584

Language:

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

USN-1045-1 fixed vulnerabilities in FUSE. This update to util-linux adds support for new options required by the FUSE update.

It was discovered that FUSE could be tricked into incorrectly updating the mtab file when mounting filesystems. A local attacker, with access to use FUSE, could unmount arbitrary locations, leading to a denial of service.

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

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1045-2/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 51584

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1045-2.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/20/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uuid-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:util-linux-locales, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:uuid-runtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libblkid1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libuuid1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:util-linux, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bsdutils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libblkid-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mount, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3879

USN: 1045-2