Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Patch vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-4071-2 First vendor Publication 2019-07-24
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2019-07-24
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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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

- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Patch.

Software Description: - patch: Apply a diff file to an original

Details:

USN-4071-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Patch. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Patch incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2019-13636)

It was discovered that Patch incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-13638)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
patch 2.7.1-4ubuntu2.4+esm1

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

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4071-1
CVE-2019-13636, CVE-2019-13638

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4071-2

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-78 Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE/SANS Top 25)
50 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 4
Os 3

Alert History

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Date Informations
2019-08-06 00:22:24
  • Multiple Updates
2019-07-28 05:21:28
  • Multiple Updates
2019-07-24 21:18:53
  • First insertion