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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : FUSE vulnerability (USN-2617-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 83779
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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-2617-1 advisory.Tavis Ormandy discovered that FUSE incorrectly filtered environment variables. A local attacker could use this issue to gain administrative privileges.
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 83779
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2617-1.nasl
Version: 2.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 5/22/2015
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: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.6
Temporal Score: 3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3202
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 9.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fuse, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fuse-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfuse2-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfuse2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfuse-dev
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2015
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-3202
USN: 2617-1