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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841569 |
Category: | Ubuntu Local Security Checks |
Title: | Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1979-1) |
Summary: | The remote host is missing an update for the 'txt2man' package(s) announced via the USN-1979-1 advisory. |
Description: | Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'txt2man' package(s) announced via the USN-1979-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: 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. Affected Software/OS: 'txt2man' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 3.3 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-1444 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/660 http://osvdb.org/97769 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1979-1 |
Copyright | Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG |
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