Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | dpkg vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2820-1 | First vendor Publication | 2015-11-26 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2015-11-26 |
| 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 15.10 - Ubuntu 15.04 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: dpkg-deb could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - dpkg: Debian package management system Details: Hanno Boeck discovered that the dpkg-deb tool incorrectly handled certain old style Debian binary packages. If a user or an automated system were tricked into unpacking a specially crafted binary package, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.10: Ubuntu 15.04: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 12.04 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-2820-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-189 | Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2017-05-09 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2017-549.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-04-25 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2017-1096-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-07 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-10ec03ed27.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-07 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-5608472a90.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-06 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-0918477a60.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-05 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201612-07.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-29 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_876768aaab1e11e58a305453ed2e2b49.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-11-30 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3407.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-11-30 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2820-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2015-12-04 21:29:55 |
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| 2015-12-04 00:28:28 |
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| 2015-12-01 13:26:35 |
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| 2015-11-26 21:24:52 |
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