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Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : nova vulnerability (USN-1545-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61643

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Synopsis

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

Description

Padraig Brady discovered that the fix for CVE-2012-3361 was incomplete and an authenticated user could still corrupt arbitrary files on the host running Nova. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected python-nova package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1545-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61643

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1545-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/23/2012

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: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-nova, 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: 8/22/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3361, CVE-2012-3447

BID: 54869

USN: 1545-1