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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : maas vulnerabilities (USN-2013-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 70783
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that maas-import-pxe-files incorrectly loaded configuration information from the current working directory. A local attacker could execute code as an administrator if maas-import-pxe-files were run from an attacker-controlled directory.(CVE-2013-1057)
It was discovered that maas-import-pxe-files doesn't cryptographically verify downloaded content. An attacker could modify images without detection. (CVE-2013-1058).
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 maas-cluster-controller package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 70783
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2013-1.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 11/7/2013
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: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:maas-cluster-controller, 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: 11/6/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-1057, CVE-2013-1058
USN: 2013-1