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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : rtkit vulnerability (USN-1959-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 69977
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that RealtimeKit was using polkit in an unsafe manner. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended polkit authorizations.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 rtkit package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 69977
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1959-1.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 9/19/2013
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: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.15
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rtkit
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-4326
USN: 1959-1