Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | apt-listchanges vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-572-1 | First vendor Publication | 2008-01-18 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2008-01-18 |
| 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:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.2 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.04: Ubuntu 7.10: In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Felipe Sateler discovered that apt-listchanges did not use safe paths when importing additional Python libraries. A local attacker could exploit this and execute arbitrary commands as the user running apt-listchanges. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-572-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-94 | Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection') |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16790 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16790 | ||
| Title: | USN-572-1 -- apt-listchanges vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Felipe Sateler discovered that apt-listchanges did not use safe paths when importing additional Python libraries. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-572-1 CVE-2008-0302 | Version: | 9 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 | Product(s): | apt-listchanges |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18609 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18609 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1465-2 apt-listchanges - arbitrary code execution | ||
| Description: | Felipe Sateler discovered that apt-listchanges, a package change history notification tool, used unsafe paths when importing its python libraries. This could allow the execution of arbitrary shell commands if the root user executed the command in a directory which other local users may write to. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1465-2 CVE-2008-0302 | Version: | 9 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | apt-listchanges |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7849 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7849 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1465 apt-listchanges -- programming error | ||
| Description: | Felipe Sateler discovered that apt-listchanges, a package change history notification tool, used unsafe paths when importing its python libraries. This could allow the execution of arbitrary shell commands if the root user executed the command in a directory which other local users may write to. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1465 CVE-2008-0302 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | apt-listchanges |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for apt-listchanges vulnerability USN-572-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_572_1.nasl |
| 2008-01-31 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1465-1 (apt-listchanges) File : nvt/deb_1465_1.nasl |
| 2008-01-31 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1465-2 (apt-listchanges) File : nvt/deb_1465_2.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 42810 | apt-listchanges apt-listchanges.py Search Path Subversion Local Privilege Esc... |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-01-21 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-572-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-01-18 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1465.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:04:54 |
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