Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : accountsservice vulnerability (USN-1485-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 59784

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Florian Weimer discovered that AccountsService incorrectly handled privileges when copying certain files to the system cache directory. A local attacker could exploit this issue to read arbitrary files, bypassing intended permissions.

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Solution

Update the affected accountsservice and / or libaccountsservice0 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 59784

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1485-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 6/29/2012

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: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:accountsservice, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libaccountsservice0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, 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: 6/28/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2737

BID: 54223

USN: 1485-1

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