Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : AppArmor vulnerability (USN-2413-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 79383

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

An AppArmor policy miscompilation flaw was discovered in apparmor_parser. Under certain circumstances, a malicious application could use this flaw to perform operations that are not allowed by AppArmor policy. The flaw may also prevent applications from accessing resources that are allowed by AppArmor policy.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2413-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 79383

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2413-1.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2014

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1424

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apparmor, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apparmor-easyprof, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apparmor-notify, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apparmor-profiles, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apparmor-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dh-apparmor, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-apparmor, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapparmor-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapparmor-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapparmor1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpam-apparmor, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-apparmor, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-libapparmor, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-apparmor, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-libapparmor, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1424

BID: 71288

USN: 2413-1