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Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : python-keyring vulnerabilities (USN-1634-1)
low Nessus Plugin ID 62983
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Dwayne Litzenberger discovered that Python Keyring's CryptedFileKeyring file format used weak cryptography. A local attacker may use this issue to brute-force CryptedFileKeyring keyring files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 11.10 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.(CVE-2012-4571)
It was discovered that Python Keyring created keyring files with insecure permissions. A local attacker could use this issue to access keyring files belonging to other users.
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 python-keyring and / or python3-keyring packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 62983
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1634-1.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 11/21/2012
Updated: 9/19/2019
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.1
Temporal Score: 1.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-keyring, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-keyring, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/30/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-4571
BID: 55815
USN: 1634-1