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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : NetworkManager vulnerability (USN-2581-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83134

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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-2581-1 advisory.

 Tavis Ormandy discovered that NetworkManager incorrectly filtered paths when requested to read modem device contexts. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass privileges and manipulate modem device configuration or read arbitrary files.

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-2581-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83134

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2581-1.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2015

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1322

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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:libnm-glib-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnm-glib-vpn-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnm-glib4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnm-util2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnm-glib-vpn1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnm-util-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1322

BID: 74409

USN: 2581-1