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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : gpsd vulnerability (USN-1820-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66357

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that gpsd incorrectly handled certain malformed GPS data. An attacker could use this issue to cause gpsd to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected gpsd package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1820-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66357

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1820-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/9/2013

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gpsd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-: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: 5/8/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2038

BID: 59611

USN: 1820-1