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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : acpi-support vulnerability (USN-2297-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76707

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Synopsis

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

Description

CESG discovered that acpi-support incorrectly handled certain privileged operations when checking for power management daemons. A local attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code and elevate privileges to root.

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Solution

Update the affected acpi-support package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2297-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76707

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2297-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/23/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:acpi-support

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1419

USN: 2297-1