Executive Summary

Summary
Title Aptdaemon vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-2648-1 First vendor Publication 2015-06-16
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2015-06-16
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:C/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 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 15.04 - Ubuntu 14.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Aptdaemon could be made to expose sensitive information, or allow file access as the administrator.

Software Description: - aptdaemon: transaction based package management service

Details:

Tavis Ormandy discovered that Aptdeamon incorrectly handled the simulate dbus method. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly expose sensitive information, or perform other file access as the root user.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
aptdaemon 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 14.10:
aptdaemon 1.1.1+bzr980-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
aptdaemon 1.1.1-1ubuntu5.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
aptdaemon 0.43+bzr805-0ubuntu10

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2648-1
CVE-2015-1323

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/1.1.1+bzr980-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/1.1.1-1ubuntu5.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/0.43+bzr805-0ubuntu10

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2648-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-200 Information Exposure

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 4

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-07-01 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-261.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-17 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2648-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2017-07-25 21:24:14
  • Multiple Updates
2017-07-21 21:25:09
  • Multiple Updates
2015-06-18 13:28:01
  • Multiple Updates
2015-06-16 21:25:24
  • First insertion