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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : RPM vulnerabilities (USN-2479-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 80854

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2479-1 advisory.

 Florian Weimer discovered that RPM incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-6435)

 Florian Weimer discovered that RPM incorrectly handled certain CPIO headers. If a user or automated system were tricked into installing a malicious package file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause RPM to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-8118)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2479-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 80854

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2479-1.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/20/2015

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: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8118

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6435

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librpm3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librpmbuild3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librpmio3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:debugedit, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-rpm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rpm2cpio, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rpm-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rpm-i18n, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rpm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librpm-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librpmsign1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6435, CVE-2014-8118

BID: 71558, 71588

USN: 2479-1