Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | dash vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-732-1 | First vendor Publication | 2009-03-10 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2009-03-10 |
| 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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 6.9 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.4 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 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 8.04 LTS: Ubuntu 8.10: In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Wolfgang M. Reimer discovered that dash, when invoked as a login shell, would source .profile files from the current directory. Local users may be able to bypass security restrictions and gain root privileges by placing specially crafted .profile files where they might get sourced by other dash users. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-732-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-78 | Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13130 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13130 | ||
| Title: | USN-732-1 -- dash vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Wolfgang M. Reimer discovered that dash, when invoked as a login shell, would source .profile files from the current directory. Local users may be able to bypass security restrictions and gain root privileges by placing specially crafted .profile files where they might get sourced by other dash users. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-732-1 CVE-2009-0854 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 8.04 | Product(s): | dash |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-03-13 | Name : Ubuntu USN-731-1 (apache2) File : nvt/ubuntu_731_1.nasl |
| 2009-03-13 | Name : Ubuntu USN-732-1 (dash) File : nvt/ubuntu_732_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 52999 | dash login shell .profile Search Path Subversion Arbitrary Code Execution |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-23 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-732-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:05:45 |
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