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Ubuntu 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : kdenetwork vulnerability (USN-1114-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55072

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that KGet did not properly perform input validation when processing metalink files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted metalink file, a remote attacker could overwrite files via directory traversal, which could eventually lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Solution

Update the affected kget package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1114-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55072

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1114-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

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: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kget, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/26/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1586

BID: 40141

USN: 1114-1