Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | chkrootkit vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2230-1 | First vendor Publication | 2014-06-04 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2014-06-04 |
| 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:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 3.7 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | High |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 1.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 13.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: chkrootkit could be made to run programs as an administrator. Software Description: - chkrootkit: rootkit detector Details: Thomas Stangner discovered that chkrootkit incorrectly quoted certain values. A local attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code when chkrootkit is run and gain root privileges. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 13.10: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: 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-2230-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24726 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24726 | ||
| Title: | USN-2230-1 -- chkrootkit vulnerability | ||
| Description: | chkrootkit could be made to run programs as an administrator. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-2230-1 CVE-2014-0476 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 14.04 Ubuntu 13.10 Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 10.04 | Product(s): | chkrootkit |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24785 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24785 | ||
| Title: | DSA-2945-1 chkrootkit - security update | ||
| Description: | Thomas Stangner discovered a vulnerability in chkrootkit, a rootkit detector, which may allow local attackers to gain root access when /tmp is mounted without the noexec option. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-2945-1 CVE-2014-0476 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7.0 | Product(s): | chkrootkit |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Os | 4 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2017-09-18 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201709-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-10-12 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2014-370.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-06-13 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-7071.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-06-13 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-7090.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-06-12 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-122.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-06-05 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2230-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-06-04 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-2945.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-10-28 00:28:09 |
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| 2014-10-26 05:28:15 |
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| 2014-06-06 13:28:15 |
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| 2014-06-04 17:20:31 |
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