Executive Summary

Summary
Title RPM vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-1694-1 First vendor Publication 2013-01-17
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2013-01-17
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:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 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 12.10

Summary:

RPM could incorrectly validate package signatures.

Software Description: - rpm: package manager for RPM

Details:

It was discovered that RPM incorrectly handled signature checking. An attacker could create a specially-crafted rpm with an invalid signature which could pass the signature validation check.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
rpm 4.10.0-4ubuntu0.1

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1694-1
CVE-2012-6088

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rpm/4.10.0-4ubuntu0.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1694-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-255 Credentials Management

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18265
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18265
Title: USN-1694-1 -- rpm vulnerability
Description: RPM could incorrectly validate package signatures.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1694-1
CVE-2012-6088
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 12.10
Product(s): rpm
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-01-18 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1694-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 12:01:21
  • Multiple Updates
2013-01-19 00:21:21
  • Multiple Updates
2013-01-18 13:20:23
  • Multiple Updates
2013-01-17 17:21:03
  • First insertion