Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title NetworkManager vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-2581-1 First vendor Publication 2015-04-28
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2015-04-28
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:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.6 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 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 15.04 - Ubuntu 14.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

NetworkManager would allow unintended access to files and modem device configuration.

Software Description: - network-manager: Network connection manager

Details:

Tavis Ormandy discovered that NetworkManager incorrectly filtered paths when requested to read modem device contexts. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass privileges and manipulate modem device configuration or read arbitrary files.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 15.04:
network-manager 0.9.10.0-4ubuntu15.1

Ubuntu 14.10:
network-manager 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu28.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
network-manager 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2581-1
CVE-2015-1322

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/0.9.10.0-4ubuntu15.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/0.9.8.8-0ubuntu28.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2581-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-04-29 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2581-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2015-05-01 00:29:11
  • Multiple Updates
2015-04-30 13:28:05
  • Multiple Updates
2015-04-30 00:28:54
  • Multiple Updates
2015-04-28 17:24:33
  • First insertion