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Ubuntu 10.10 : aptdaemon vulnerability (USN-1068-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 52069

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Synopsis

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

Description

Sergey Nizovtsev discovered that Aptdaemon incorrectly filtered certain arguments when using its D-Bus interface. A local attacker could use this flaw to bypass security restrictions and view sensitive information by reading arbitrary files.

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Solution

Update the affected aptdaemon, python-aptdaemon and / or python-aptdaemon-gtk packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1068-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 52069

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1068-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/23/2011

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-aptdaemon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aptdaemon, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-aptdaemon-gtk

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0725

USN: 1068-1