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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : udisks (MDVSA-2014:064)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73068

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated udisks packages fixes security vulnerability :

A flaw was found in the way udisks and udisks2 handled long path names. A malicious, local user could use this flaw to create a specially crafted directory structure that could lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the udisks daemon (root) (CVE-2014-0004).

Solution

Update the affected udisks and / or udisks-devel packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0129.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73068

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-064.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 3/18/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:udisks, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:udisks-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0004

MDVSA: 2014:064