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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : vino vulnerability (USN-1980-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 70255

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Synopsis

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

Description

Jonathan Claudius discovered that Vino incorrectly handled closing invalid connections. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Vino to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected vino package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1980-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 70255

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1980-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/1/2013

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vino, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10

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: 9/30/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5745

BID: 62443

USN: 1980-1