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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 / 13.10 : devscripts vulnerability (USN-2084-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 72087

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the uscan tool incorrectly repacked archive files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted files, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code.

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 devscripts package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2084-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 72087

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2084-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/22/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:devscripts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6888

BID: 64656

USN: 2084-1