Ubuntu 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS : libpam-opie vulnerability (USN-955-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 47111

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Synopsis

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

Description

USN-955-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OPIE. This update provides rebuilt libpam-opie packages against the updated libopie library.

Maksymilian Arciemowicz and Adam Zabrocki discovered that OPIE incorrectly handled long usernames. A remote attacker could exploit this with a crafted username and make applications linked against libopie crash, leading to a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected libpam-opie package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 47111

File Name: ubuntu_USN-955-2.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 6/22/2010

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpam-opie, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1938

BID: 40403

USN: 955-2

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