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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : xdiagnose update (USN-1591-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 62409

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Synopsis

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

Description

Alec Warner discovered that xdiagnose improperly handled temporary files in welcome.py when creating user-initiated archive files. While failsafeX does not use the vulnerable code, this update removes this functionality to protect any 3rd party applications which import the vulnerable code. In the default Ubuntu installation, this should be prevented by the Yama link restrictions.

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 xdiagnose package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1591-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 62409

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1591-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/3/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xdiagnose

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: 10/2/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2012

Reference Information

BID: 55912

USN: 1591-1