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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 / 11.10 : devscripts vulnerabilities (USN-1366-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57973

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Synopsis

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

Description

Paul Wise discovered that debdiff did not properly sanitize its input when processing .dsc and .changes files. If debdiff processed a crafted file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2012-0210)

Raphael Geissert discovered that debdiff did not properly sanitize its input when processing source packages. If debdiff processed an original source tarball, with crafted filenames in the top-level directory, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2012-0211)

Raphael Geissert discovered that debdiff did not properly sanitize its input when processing filename parameters. If debdiff processed a crafted filename parameter, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2012-0212).

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 devscripts package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1366-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57973

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1366-1.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/16/2012

Updated: 10/16/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:devscripts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

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: 2/15/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0210, CVE-2012-0211, CVE-2012-0212

USN: 1366-1