| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'devscripts' package(s) announced via the USN-1593-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
Raphael Geissert discovered that the debdiff.pl tool incorrectly handled
shell metacharacters. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted filename, a remote attacher could possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-0212)
Raphael Geissert discovered that the dscverify tool incorrectly escaped
arguments to external commands. If a user or automated system were tricked
into processing specially crafted files, a remote attacher could possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-2240)
Raphael Geissert discovered that the dget tool incorrectly performed input
validation. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing
specially crafted files, a remote attacher could delete arbitrary files.
(CVE-2012-2241)
Raphael Geissert discovered that the dget tool incorrectly escaped
arguments to external commands. If a user or automated system were tricked
into processing specially crafted files, a remote attacher could possibly
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 11.04. (CVE-2012-2242)
Jim Meyering discovered that the annotate-output tool incorrectly handled
temporary files. A local attacker could use this flaw to alter files being
processed by the annotate-output tool. On Ubuntu 11.04 and later, this
issue was mitigated by the Yama kernel symlink restrictions.
(CVE-2012-3500)
Affected Software/OS:
'devscripts' package(s) on Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 12.04.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
9.3
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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