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Ubuntu 11.10 : colord vulnerability (USN-1289-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57047

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that colord incorrectly handled certain SQL queries.
A local attacker could exploit this to modify arbitrary sqlite databases. On Ubuntu, colord runs as its own user by default, so standard file permissions would limit which databases could be altered.

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Solution

Update the affected colord package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1289-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57047

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1289-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/8/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:colord, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4349

BID: 50814

USN: 1289-1