Ubuntu 11.10 : accountsservice vulnerability (USN-1351-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 57762

Synopsis

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

Description

Hayawardh Vijayakumar discovered that AccountsService incorrectly handled privileges when modifying the language settings on Ubuntu. A local attacker could exploit this issue to modify arbitrary files, and possibly create a denial of service or obtain increased privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected accountsservice package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1351-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 57762

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1351-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2012

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: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:accountsservice, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4406

USN: 1351-1