Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | APT vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2246-1 | First vendor Publication | 2014-06-17 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2014-06-17 |
| 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:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 4.9 | Attack Complexity | High |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 4.9 | 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: An attacker could trick APT into installing altered source packages. Software Description: - apt: Advanced front-end for dpkg Details: Jakub Wilk discovered that APT did not correctly validate signatures when downloading source packages. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could potentially be used to install altered source packages. 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-2246-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24475 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24475 | ||
| Title: | USN-2246-1 -- apt vulnerability | ||
| Description: | An attacker could trick APT into installing altered source packages. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-2246-1 CVE-2014-0478 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 14.04 Ubuntu 13.10 Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 10.04 | Product(s): | apt |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25036 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25036 | ||
| Title: | DSA-2958-1 apt - security update | ||
| Description: | Jakub Wilk discovered that APT, the high level package manager, did not properly perform authentication checks for source packages downloaded via "apt-get source". This only affects use cases where source packages are downloaded via this command; it does not affect regular Debian package installation and upgrading. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-2958-1 CVE-2014-0478 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7.0 | Product(s): | apt |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-06-18 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2246-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-06-13 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-2958.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-06-19 13:23:03 |
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| 2014-06-17 21:28:33 |
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| 2014-06-17 21:23:22 |
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