Debian DLA-28-1 : augeas security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82176

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Multiple race conditions were discovered in augeas when saving configuration files which expose it to symlink attacks. Write access to the directory where the configuration file is located is required by the attacker.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2014/08/msg00001.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/augeas

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82176

File Name: debian_DLA-28.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:augeas-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaugeas0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:augeas-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:augeas-lenses, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaugeas-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0786, CVE-2012-0787, CVE-2013-6412

BID: 63861, 65165