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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.72188 |
Category: | Ubuntu Local Security Checks |
Title: | Ubuntu USN-1561-1 (ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu) |
Summary: | NOSUMMARY |
Description: | Description: The remote host is missing an update to ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu announced via advisory USN-1561-1. Details: Paul Mutton discovered that ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu incorrectly handled the Twitter feed displayed during system installation. A remote attacker could use this flaw to inject code into the Twitter feed and read arbitrary files off the filesystem during system installation. This flaw has been resolved in the Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS installation images by disabling the Twitter feed. Solution: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu 58.2 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1561-1 |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-0956 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1561-1 |
Copyright | Copyright (c) 2012 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com |
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