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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : software-properties vulnerability (USN-1588-1)

🗓️ 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Ubuntu software-properties vulnerabilit

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#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1588-1. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(62387);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/19 12:54:28");

  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"1588-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : software-properties vulnerability (USN-1588-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"It was discovered that the apt-add-repository tool incorrectly
validated PPA GPG keys when importing from a keyserver. If a remote
attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw
could be exploited to install altered package repository GPG keys.

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."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/1588-1/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected python-software-properties package."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-software-properties");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/10/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/10/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/10/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2012-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(10\.04|11\.04|11\.10|12\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 10.04 / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"python-software-properties", pkgver:"0.75.10.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"11.04", pkgname:"python-software-properties", pkgver:"0.80.9.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"11.10", pkgname:"python-software-properties", pkgver:"0.81.13.5")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"python-software-properties", pkgver:"0.82.7.3")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "python-software-properties");
}

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19 Sep 2019 12:54Current
5.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.5
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