Debian DSA-2503-1 : bcfg2 - shell command injection

high Nessus Plugin ID 59781

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that malicious clients can trick the server component of the Bcfg2 configuration management system to execute commands with root privileges.

Solution

Upgrade the bcfg2 packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1-3+squeeze2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59781

File Name: debian_DSA-2503.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/29/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bcfg2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/28/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3366

BID: 54217

DSA: 2503

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