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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : OpenStack Cinder vulnerability (USN-2248-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 76142

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2248-1 advisory.

 Darragh O'Reilly discovered that the Ubuntu packaging for OpenStack Cinder did not properly set up its sudo configuration. If a different flaw was found in OpenStack Cinder, this vulnerability could be used to escalate privileges. (CVE-2013-1068)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2248-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 76142

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2248-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/19/2014

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1068

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cinder-api, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cinder-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cinder-backup, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-cinder, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cinder-scheduler, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cinder-volume

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1068

BID: 68094

USN: 2248-1