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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : jinja2 vulnerabilities (USN-2301-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76785

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that Jinja2 incorrectly handled temporary cache files and directories. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly gain privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected python-jinja2 and / or python3-jinja2 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2301-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76785

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2301-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/25/2014

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-jinja2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-jinja2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0012, CVE-2014-1402

BID: 64759, 64787

USN: 2301-1