Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1979-1)
🗓️ 03 Oct 2013 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2013-1444 | 30 Sep 201320:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2013-1444 | 30 Sep 201320:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2013-1444 | 30 Sep 201320:00 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2013-1481 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2013-1444 | 30 Sep 201322:55 | – | nvd | |
| Ubuntu Update for txt2man USN-1979-1 | 3 Oct 201300:00 | – | openvas | |
| DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1444 | 30 Sep 201322:55 | – | osv | |
| Code injection | 30 Sep 201322:55 | – | prion | |
| [USN-1979-1] txt2man | 1 Oct 201300:00 | – | securityvulns | |
| txt2man symbolic links vulnerability | 1 Oct 201300:00 | – | securityvulns |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1979-1 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841569");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-1444");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-10-03 04:50:11 +0000 (Thu, 03 Oct 2013)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:04 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1979-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(12\.04\ LTS|12\.10|13\.04)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-1979-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1979-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'txt2man' package(s) announced via the USN-1979-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Patrick J Cherry discovered that txt2man contained leftover debugging code
that incorrectly created a temporary file. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. In the default Ubuntu
installation, this should be prevented by the Yama link restrictions.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'txt2man' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "UBUNTU12.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"txt2man", ver:"1.5.5-4ubuntu0.12.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU12.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU12.10") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"txt2man", ver:"1.5.5-4ubuntu0.12.10.1", rls:"UBUNTU12.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU13.04") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"txt2man", ver:"1.5.5-4ubuntu0.13.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU13.04"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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02 Feb 2024 00:00Current
6.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.6
CVSS 23.3
EPSS0.0034