Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS : file vulnerability (USN-2369-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78042

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that file incorrectly handled certain CDF documents.
A attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected file package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2369-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78042

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2369-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/3/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:file, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3587

BID: 69325

USN: 2369-1