Executive Summary



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Summary
Title Aptdaemon vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-1068-1 First vendor Publication 2011-02-22
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2011-02-22
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 the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 10.10

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

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

Ubuntu 10.10:
python-aptdaemon 0.31+bzr506-0ubuntu6.1

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

Details follow:

Sergey Nizovtsev discovered that Aptdaemon incorrectly filtered certain arguments when using its D-Bus interface. A local attacker could use this flaw to bypass security restrictions and view sensitive information by reading arbitrary files.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1068-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

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

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13263
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13263
Title: USN-1068-1 -- aptdaemon vulnerability
Description: Sergey Nizovtsev discovered that Aptdaemon incorrectly filtered certain arguments when using its D-Bus interface. A local attacker could use this flaw to bypass security restrictions and view sensitive information by reading arbitrary files.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1068-1
CVE-2011-0725
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 10.10
Product(s): aptdaemon
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-02-28 Name : Ubuntu Update for aptdaemon vulnerability USN-1068-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1068_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
72542 Aptdaemon worker.py org.debian.apt.UpdateCachePartially Method sources_list A...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2011-02-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1068-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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