Executive Summary

Summary
Title systemd-shim vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-2392-1 First vendor Publication 2014-10-30
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2014-10-30
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:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 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 14.10

Summary:

A denial of service issue was fixed in systemd-shim.

Software Description: - systemd-shim: shim for systemd

Details:

It was discovered that systemd-shim incorrectly shipped with a debugging clause enabled. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
systemd-shim 8-1ubuntu0.1

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2392-1
CVE-2014-8399

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd-shim/8-1ubuntu0.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2392-1

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27921
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27921
Title: USN-2392-1 -- systemd-shim vulnerability
Description: It was discovered that systemd-shim incorrectly shipped with a debugging clause enabled. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-2392-1
CVE-2014-8399
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 14.10
Product(s): systemd-shim
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-10-31 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2392-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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2014-11-04 00:28:49
  • Multiple Updates
2014-11-01 13:26:42
  • Multiple Updates
2014-10-31 21:26:06
  • Multiple Updates
2014-10-30 17:21:38
  • First insertion