Executive Summary

Summary
Title Dell Latitude 2110 vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-968-1 First vendor Publication 2010-08-05
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2010-08-05
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 the following Ubuntu releases:

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 9.10:
base-files 5.0.0ubuntu7.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
base-files 5.0.0ubuntu20.10.04.2

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

Details follow:

It was discovered that the Ubuntu image shipped on some Dell Latitude 2110 systems was accidentally configured to allow unauthenticated package installations. A remote attacker intercepting network communications or a malicious archive mirror server could exploit this to trick the user into installing unsigned packages, resulting in arbitrary code execution with root privileges.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-968-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-287 Improper Authentication

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13230
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13230
Title: USN-968-1 -- base-files vulnerability
Description: It was discovered that the Ubuntu image shipped on some Dell Latitude 2110 systems was accidentally configured to allow unauthenticated package installations. A remote attacker intercepting network communications or a malicious archive mirror server could exploit this to trick the user into installing unsigned packages, resulting in arbitrary code execution with root privileges.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-968-1
CVE-2010-0834
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 9.10
Ubuntu 10.04
Product(s): base-files
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Hardware 1
Os 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2010-08-06 Name : Ubuntu Update for base-files vulnerability USN-968-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_968_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
66963 Ubuntu base-files on Dell Latitude 2110 Unauthenticated Package Installation

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2010-08-06 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-968-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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