Ubuntu 12.10 : pam-xdg-support vulnerability (USN-1766-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 65608

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Synopsis

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

Description

Zbigniew Tenerowicz and Sebastian Krzyszkowiak discovered that pam-xdg-support incorrectly handled the PATH environment variable. A local attacker could use this issue in combination with sudo to possibly escalate privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected libpam-xdg-support package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 65608

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1766-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 3/19/2013

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpam-xdg-support, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1052

USN: 1766-1

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