Executive Summary

Informations
Name MDVSA-2013:043 First vendor Publication 2013-04-05
Vendor Mandriva Last vendor Modification 2013-04-05
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:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 1.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

This update fixes insecure getenv() usage in libgssglue, which could be used under some circumstances by local attackers do gain root privileges (CVE-2011-2709).

Original Source

Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:043

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18172
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18172
Title: USN-1612-1 -- libgssglue vulnerability
Description: Privilege escalation via the GSSAPI_MECH_CONF environment variable with setuid programs.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1612-1
CVE-2011-2709
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 10.04
Product(s): libgssglue
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Application 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-10-16 Name : Ubuntu Update for libgssglue USN-1612-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1612_1.nasl
2012-10-03 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201209-22 (libgssglue)
File : nvt/glsa_201209_22.nasl
2012-08-30 Name : Fedora Update for libgssglue FEDORA-2012-7971
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_7971_libgssglue_fc17.nasl
2012-06-11 Name : Fedora Update for libgssglue FEDORA-2012-8067
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_8067_libgssglue_fc16.nasl

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-04-20 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2013-043.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-16 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1612-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-28 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201209-22.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-18 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-7971.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-11 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-8067.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 11:43:24
  • Multiple Updates
2013-04-05 17:17:22
  • First insertion