Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | coreutils vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2473-1 | First vendor Publication | 2015-01-14 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2015-01-14 |
| 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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: date and touch could be made to crash or run programs if they handled specially crafted input. Software Description: - coreutils: GNU core utilities Details: It was discovered that the distcheck rule in dist-check.mk in GNU coreutils allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a directory tree under /tmp. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2009-4135) Bertrand Jacquin and Fiedler Roman discovered date and touch incorrectly handled user-supplied input. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code. (CVE-2014-9471) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: 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-2473-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-59 | Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2010-01-25 | Name : Mandriva Update for coreutils MDVSA-2010:024 (coreutils) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_024.nasl |
| 2009-12-30 | Name : Fedora Core 12 FEDORA-2009-13181 (coreutils) File : nvt/fcore_2009_13181.nasl |
| 2009-12-30 | Name : Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-13216 (coreutils) File : nvt/fcore_2009_13216.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 60853 | GNU Core Utilities distcheck Temporary Directory Symlink Local Privilege Esca... |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2016-12-08 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201612-22.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-04-29 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_11_coreutils-150416.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-03-31 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-179.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-15 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2473-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-01-25 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-024.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-12-18 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2009-13181.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-12-18 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2009-13216.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2015-01-21 21:27:28 |
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| 2015-01-16 21:28:38 |
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| 2015-01-16 13:25:03 |
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| 2015-01-15 05:24:43 |
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