Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Bazaar vulnerability (USN-3411-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 102976

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Adam Collard discovered that Bazaar did not properly handle host names in 'bzr+ssh://' URLs. A remote attacker could use this to construct a bazaar repository URL that when accessed could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

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 bzr, python-bzrlib and / or python-bzrlib.tests packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3411-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102976

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3411-1.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2017

Updated: 10/20/2023

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:bzr, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-bzrlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-bzrlib.tests, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-: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: 9/5/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2017

Reference Information

USN: 3411-1