Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : libmodule-signature-perl vulnerability (USN-1896-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67187

Synopsis

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

Description

Florian Weimer discovered that the Module::Signature perl module incorrectly loaded unknown ciphers from relative directories. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code when a signature is verified.

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Solution

Update the affected libmodule-signature-perl package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1896-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67187

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1896-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/5/2013

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmodule-signature-perl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2145

BID: 60352

USN: 1896-1