Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842042
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2473-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'coreutils' package(s) announced via the USN-2473-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'coreutils' package(s) announced via the USN-2473-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that the distcheck rule in dist-check.mk in GNU coreutils allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a directory tree under /tmp. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2009-4135) Bertrand Jacquin and Fiedler Roman discovered date and touch incorrectly handled user-supplied input. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code. (CVE-2014-9471) Affected Software/OS: 'coreutils' package(s) on Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4135 37256 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37256 37645 http://secunia.com/advisories/37645 37860 http://secunia.com/advisories/37860 60853 http://www.osvdb.org/60853 62226 http://secunia.com/advisories/62226 ADV-2009-3453 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3453 FEDORA-2009-13181 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00972.html FEDORA-2009-13216 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00954.html USN-2473-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2473-1 [bug-coreutils] 20091208 Re: build: distcheck: do not leave a $TMPDIR/coreutils directory behind http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18779.html [bug-coreutils] 20091209 [PATCH] doc: NEWS: mention the "make distcheck" vulnerability http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18787.html [oss-security] 20091208 CVE Request -- coreutils -- unsafe temporary directory location use http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/4 [oss-security] 20091208 Re: CVE Request -- coreutils -- unsafe temporary directory location use http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126030454503441&w=2 gnu-core-distcheck-symlink(54673) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54673 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545439 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9471 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1
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