Executive Summary
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Title | dpkg vulnerability |
Informations | |||
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Name | USN-2183-1 | First vendor Publication | 2014-04-28 |
Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2014-04-28 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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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:N/I:P/A:N) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | 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 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 13.10 - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: A malicious source package could write files outside the unpack directory. Software Description: - dpkg: Debian package management system Details: Jakub Wilk discovered that dpkg incorrectly certain paths and symlinks when unpacking source packages. If a user or an automated system were tricked into unpacking a specially crafted source package, a remote attacker could modify files outside the target unpack directory, leading to a denial of service or potentially gaining access to the system. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 13.10: Ubuntu 12.10: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2183-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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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:24816 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24816 | ||
Title: | USN-2183-2 -- dpkg vulnerability | ||
Description: | A malicious source package could write files outside the unpack directory. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | USN-2183-2 CVE-2014-0471 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Ubuntu 14.04 Ubuntu 13.10 Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 10.04 | Product(s): | dpkg |
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24819 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24819 | ||
Title: | USN-2183-1 -- dpkg vulnerability | ||
Description: | A malicious source package could write files outside the unpack directory. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | USN-2183-1 CVE-2014-0471 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Ubuntu 14.04 Ubuntu 13.10 Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 10.04 | Product(s): | dpkg |
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24869 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24869 | ||
Title: | DSA-2915-2 dpkg - security update | ||
Description: | Jakub Wilk discovered that dpkg did not correctly parse C-style filename quoting, allowing for paths to be traversed when unpacking a source package - leading to the creation of files outside the directory of the source being unpacked. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | DSA-2915-2 CVE-2014-0471 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 Debian GNU/Linux 7 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7 | Product(s): | dpkg |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24876 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24876 | ||
Title: | DSA-2915-1 dpkg - security update | ||
Description: | Jakub Wilk discovered that dpkg did not correctly parse C-style filename quoting, allowing for paths to be traversed when unpacking a source package - leading to the creation of files outside the directory of the source being unpacked. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
Reference(s): | DSA-2915-1 CVE-2014-0471 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 Debian GNU/Linux 7 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7 | Product(s): | dpkg |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2014-08-08 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-8564.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-05-21 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-6277.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-05-02 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-2183-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-04-29 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-2915.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2014-04-29 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-2183-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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2014-07-19 00:26:02 |
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2014-05-03 13:22:46 |
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2014-05-01 21:24:44 |
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2014-05-01 13:28:37 |
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2014-04-30 13:21:31 |
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2014-04-28 17:18:38 |
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