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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerability (USN-2596-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83257

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Synopsis

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

Description

A race condition between chown() and execve() was discovered in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could exploit this race by using chown on a setuid-user-binary to gain administrative privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2596-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83257

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2596-1.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/6/2015

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: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.2-generic-pae, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.2-highbank, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.2-virtual, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-image-3.2-generic, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3339

USN: 2596-1