Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title GLib vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-4049-2 First vendor Publication 2019-07-08
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2019-07-08
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:N/I:P/A:N)
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 ESM - Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary:

GLib did not properly restrict directory and file permissions.

Software Description: - glib2.0: GLib Input, Output and Streaming Library (fam module)

Details:

USN-4049-1 fixed a vulnerability in GLib. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that GLib created directories and files without properly
restricting permissions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access
sensitive information.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
libglib2.0-0 2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1+esm2
libglib2.0-bin 2.40.2-0ubuntu1.1+esm2

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
libglib2.0-0 2.32.4-0ubuntu1.3
libglib2.0-bin 2.32.4-0ubuntu1.3

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

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4049-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4049-1
CVE-2019-13012

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4049-2

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 258

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Date Informations
2019-07-08 21:18:50
  • First insertion