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Ubuntu 12.10 : rpm vulnerability (USN-1694-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 63611
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that RPM incorrectly handled signature checking. An attacker could create a specially crafted rpm with an invalid signature which could pass the signature validation check.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 rpm package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 63611
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1694-1.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 1/18/2013
Updated: 9/19/2019
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: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rpm
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-6088
BID: 57138
USN: 1694-1