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USN-1260-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability

low Nessus Plugin ID 56817

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Synopsis

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

Description

Vasiliy Kulikov discovered that taskstats did not enforce access restrictions. A local attacker could exploit this to read certain information, leading to a loss of privacy.

Solution

Update the affected package(s).

See Also

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1260-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 56817

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1260-1.nasl

Version: Revision: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/15/2011

Updated: 12/1/2016

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: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2494

USN: 1260-1