Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | VTE vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-962-1 | First vendor Publication | 2010-07-15 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2010-07-15 |
| 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:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 6.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 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 9.04: Ubuntu 9.10: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes. Details follow: Janne Snabb discovered that applications using VTE, such as gnome-terminal, did not correctly filter window and icon title request escape codes. If a user were tricked into viewing specially crafted output in their terminal, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands with user privileges. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-962-1 |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13372 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13372 | ||
| Title: | USN-962-1 -- vte vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Janne Snabb discovered that applications using VTE, such as gnome-terminal, did not correctly filter window and icon title request escape codes. If a user were tricked into viewing specially crafted output in their terminal, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary commands with user privileges. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-962-1 CVE-2010-2713 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 | Product(s): | vte |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2010-08-30 | Name : Mandriva Update for vte MDVSA-2010:161 (vte) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_161.nasl |
| 2010-07-22 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: vte File : nvt/freebsd_vte.nasl |
| 2010-07-16 | Name : Ubuntu Update for vte vulnerability USN-962-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_962_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 60458 | VTE / gnome-terminal Window Title Escape Sequence Arbitrary Command Execution |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-12-15 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201412-10.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-06-13 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_3_vte-100716.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2011-01-21 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_11_vte-100715.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-08-25 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-161.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-07-21 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_2_vte-100716.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-07-19 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_9a8fecef92c011dfb1400015f2db7bde.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-07-16 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-962-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:06:56 |
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