Ubuntu 12.10 : ubuntu-release-upgrader vulnerability (USN-1892-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67015

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that ubuntu-release-upgrader would fail when a user requested an upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04. This would prevent a user from migrating easily to Ubuntu 13.04 before the Ubuntu 12.10 support period ended.

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 ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1892-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67015

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1892-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/28/2013

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2013

Reference Information

USN: 1892-1