Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS : network-manager, modemmanger update (USN-1138-2)

low Nessus Plugin ID 55100

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

USN-1138-1 fixed a vulnerability in DBus-GLib. NetworkManager and ModemManager required rebuilding against the updated DBus-GLib to incorporate the changes.

It was discovered that DBus-GLib did not properly verify the access flag of exported GObject properties under certain circumstances. A local attacker could exploit this to bypass intended access restrictions or possibly cause a denial of service.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected libnm-glib0, libnm-glib2 and / or modemmanager packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1138-2/

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 55100

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1138-2.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnm-glib0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnm-glib2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:modemmanager, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2011

Reference Information

BID: 42347

USN: 1138-2