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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842542
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2820-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'dpkg' package(s) announced via the USN-2820-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'dpkg' package(s) announced via the USN-2820-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Hanno Boeck discovered that the dpkg-deb tool incorrectly handled certain
old style Debian binary packages. If a user or an automated system were
tricked into unpacking a specially crafted binary package, a remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Affected Software/OS:
'dpkg' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 15.10.

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-2015-0860
Debian Security Information: DSA-3407 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3407
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-07
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/30-Stack-overflows-and-out-of-bounds-read-in-dpkg-Debian.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2820-1
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG

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