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Ubuntu 12.10 : ubuntu-release-upgrader vulnerability (USN-1892-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 67015
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that ubuntu-release-upgrader would fail when a user requested an upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04. This would prevent a user from migrating easily to Ubuntu 13.04 before the Ubuntu 12.10 support period ended.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 ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 67015
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1892-1.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 6/28/2013
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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2013
Reference Information
USN: 1892-1