Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Rhythmbox vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-1503-1 | First vendor Publication | 2012-07-11 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2012-07-11 |
| 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:N/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 3.6 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 4.9 | 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 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 11.10 Summary: Rhythmbox could be made to run programs as your login when using the Context plugin. Software Description: - rhythmbox: music player and organizer for GNOME Details: Hans Spaans discovered that the Context plugin in Rhythmbox created a temporary directory in an insecure manner. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. The Context plugin is disabled by default in Ubuntu. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Ubuntu 11.10: After a standard system update you need to restart Rhythmbox to make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1503-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-94 | Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection') |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17857 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17857 | ||
| Title: | USN-1503-1 -- rhythmbox vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Rhythmbox could be made to run programs as your login when using the Contex t plugin. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-1503-1 CVE-2012-3355 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 11.10 | Product(s): | rhythmbox |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-07-16 | Name : Ubuntu Update for rhythmbox USN-1503-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1503_1.nasl |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-06-13 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2012-491.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-07-12 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-1503-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:00:25 |
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