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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : dbus vulnerability (USN-1874-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 66892

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Synopsis

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

Description

Alexandru Cornea discovered that DBus incorrectly handled certain messages. A local attacker could use this issue to cause system services to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected libdbus-1-3 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1874-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 66892

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1874-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/14/2013

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdbus-1-3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2168

BID: 60546

USN: 1874-1