Executive Summary

Summary
Title Software Properties vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-1960-1 First vendor Publication 2013-09-18
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2013-09-18
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:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.6 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 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 13.04 - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Software Properties could be tricked into bypassing polkit authorizations.

Software Description: - software-properties: manage the repositories that you install software from

Details:

It was discovered that Software Properties was using polkit in an unsafe manner. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended polkit authorizations.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.04:
software-properties-common 0.92.17.3

Ubuntu 12.10:
software-properties-common 0.92.9.3

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
software-properties-common 0.82.7.5

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1960-1
CVE-2013-1061

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.17.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.92.9.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/0.82.7.5

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1960-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

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

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19251
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19251
Title: USN-1960-1 -- software-properties vulnerability
Description: Software Properties could be tricked into bypassing polkit authorizations.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1960-1
CVE-2013-1061
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 13.04
Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
Product(s): software-properties
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 11
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-09-19 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1960-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2014-02-17 12:02:30
  • Multiple Updates
2013-10-04 21:26:35
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2013-10-04 17:24:09
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2013-10-04 13:25:19
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2013-09-18 21:20:37
  • First insertion