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Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : rhythmbox vulnerability (USN-1503-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 59956

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Synopsis

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

Description

Hans Spaans discovered that the Context plugin in Rhythmbox created a temporary directory in an insecure manner. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. The Context plugin is disabled by default in Ubuntu.

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Solution

Update the affected rhythmbox-plugins package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1503-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 59956

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1503-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2012

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: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rhythmbox-plugins, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3355

BID: 54186

USN: 1503-1