Executive Summary

Summary
Title devscripts vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-2084-1 First vendor Publication 2014-01-21
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2014-01-21
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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.10 - Ubuntu 13.04 - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

devscripts could be made to run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description: - devscripts: scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier

Details:

It was discovered that the uscan tool incorrectly repacked archive files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted files, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
devscripts 2.13.4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 13.04:
devscripts 2.13.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
devscripts 2.12.4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
devscripts 2.11.6ubuntu1.6

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
devscripts 2.10.61ubuntu5.6

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2084-1
CVE-2013-6888

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/devscripts/2.13.4ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/devscripts/2.13.1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/devscripts/2.12.4ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/devscripts/2.11.6ubuntu1.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/devscripts/2.10.61ubuntu5.6

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2084-1

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21456
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21456
Title: USN-2084-1 -- devscripts vulnerability
Description: devscripts could be made to run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-2084-1
CVE-2013-6888
Version: 6
Platform(s): Ubuntu 13.10
Ubuntu 13.04
Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 10.04
Product(s): devscripts
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 107

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-01-22 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2084-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-01-06 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2836.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 12:03:00
  • Multiple Updates
2014-01-21 17:18:33
  • First insertion