Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-0302 First vendor Publication 2008-01-16
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Untrusted search path vulnerability in apt-listchanges.py in apt-listchanges before 2.82 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious apt-listchanges program in the current working directory.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0302

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-94 Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16790
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16790
Title: USN-572-1 -- apt-listchanges vulnerability
Description: Felipe Sateler discovered that apt-listchanges did not use safe paths when importing additional Python libraries.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-572-1
CVE-2008-0302
Version: 9
Platform(s): Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10
Product(s): apt-listchanges
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18609
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18609
Title: DSA-1465-2 apt-listchanges - arbitrary code execution
Description: Felipe Sateler discovered that apt-listchanges, a package change history notification tool, used unsafe paths when importing its python libraries. This could allow the execution of arbitrary shell commands if the root user executed the command in a directory which other local users may write to.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1465-2
CVE-2008-0302
Version: 9
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): apt-listchanges
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7849
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7849
Title: DSA-1465 apt-listchanges -- programming error
Description: Felipe Sateler discovered that apt-listchanges, a package change history notification tool, used unsafe paths when importing its python libraries. This could allow the execution of arbitrary shell commands if the root user executed the command in a directory which other local users may write to.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1465
CVE-2008-0302
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): apt-listchanges
Definition Synopsis:

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for apt-listchanges vulnerability USN-572-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_572_1.nasl
2008-01-31 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1465-1 (apt-listchanges)
File : nvt/deb_1465_1.nasl
2008-01-31 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1465-2 (apt-listchanges)
File : nvt/deb_1465_2.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
42810 apt-listchanges apt-listchanges.py Search Path Subversion Local Privilege Esc...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2008-01-21 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-572-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-18 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1465.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://git.madism.org/?p=apt-listchanges.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1bcfbf3dc5541...
Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27331
CONFIRM http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/a/apt-listchanges/apt-listcha...
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1465
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/28513
http://secunia.com/advisories/28574
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-572-1

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