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Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : avahi vulnerability (USN-380-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 27962

Synopsis

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

Description

Steve Grubb discovered that netlink messages were not being checked for their sender identity. This could lead to local users manipulating the Avahi service.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/380-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 27962

File Name: ubuntu_USN-380-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-qt4-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-client3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:monodoc-avahi-manual, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-common0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.4-avahi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-compat-howl-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-glib-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi-discover, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-qt3-1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-avahi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi-daemon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi-utils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-core-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-compat-libdnssd1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-glib1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-common-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-client-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avahi-dnsconfd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-cil, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-qt3-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-core1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-common3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-qt3-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-qt4-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-qt4-1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-compat-howl0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-core4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-common-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-client1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libavahi-glib0

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5461

USN: 380-1