Executive Summary

Summary
Title unattended-upgrades vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-2657-1 First vendor Publication 2015-06-29
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2015-06-29
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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 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:

An attacker could trick unattended-upgrades into installing altered packages.

Software Description: - unattended-upgrades: automatic installation of security upgrades

Details:

It was discovered that unattended-upgrades incorrectly performed authentication checks in certain configurations. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could potentially be used to install altered packages.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
unattended-upgrades 0.83.6ubuntu1

Ubuntu 14.10:
unattended-upgrades 0.82.8ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
unattended-upgrades 0.82.1ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
unattended-upgrades 0.76ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2657-1
CVE-2015-1330

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/0.83.6ubuntu1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/0.82.8ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/0.82.1ubuntu2.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/0.76ubuntu1.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2657-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-287 Improper Authentication

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 4

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-06-30 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3297.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-29 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2657-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2015-07-02 21:34:08
  • Multiple Updates
2015-07-02 00:30:31
  • Multiple Updates
2015-06-30 13:26:54
  • Multiple Updates
2015-06-29 21:25:17
  • First insertion