Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Config-IniFiles vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-1543-1 | First vendor Publication | 2012-08-20 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2012-08-20 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
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:N/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 3.6 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 4.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: Config-IniFiles could be made to overwrite arbitrary files. Software Description: - libconfig-inifiles-perl: Perl module for working with INI configuration files Details: It was discovered that the perl Config::IniFiles module created temporary files in an unsafe manner. A local user with write access to the directory containing a configuration file that Config-IniFiles manipulates could exploit this to overwrite arbitrary files. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Ubuntu 11.10: Ubuntu 11.04: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1543-1 |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17935 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17935 | ||
| Title: | USN-1543-1 -- libconfig-inifiles-perl vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Config-IniFiles could be made to overwrite arbitrary files. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-1543-1 CVE-2012-2451 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 11.04 Ubuntu 10.04 | Product(s): | libconfig-inifiles-perl |
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OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-08-30 | Name : Fedora Update for perl-Config-IniFiles FEDORA-2012-7763 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_7763_perl-Config-IniFiles_fc17.nasl |
| 2012-08-30 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201208-05 (Config-IniFiles) File : nvt/glsa_201208_05.nasl |
| 2012-08-21 | Name : Ubuntu Update for libconfig-inifiles-perl USN-1543-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1543_1.nasl |
| 2012-05-31 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: p5-Config-IniFiles File : nvt/freebsd_p5-Config-IniFiles.nasl |
| 2012-05-22 | Name : Fedora Update for perl-Config-IniFiles FEDORA-2012-7777 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_7777_perl-Config-IniFiles_fc16.nasl |
| 2012-05-22 | Name : Fedora Update for perl-Config-IniFiles FEDORA-2012-7802 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_7802_perl-Config-IniFiles_fc15.nasl |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-08-21 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-1543-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-08-15 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201208-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-05-29 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2012-7763.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-05-22 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2012-7777.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-05-22 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2012-7802.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-05-08 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_725ab25a987b11e1a2ef001fd0af1a4c.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 12:00:36 |
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