Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : python-keyring vulnerabilities (USN-1634-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 62983

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Dwayne Litzenberger discovered that Python Keyring's CryptedFileKeyring file format used weak cryptography. A local attacker may use this issue to brute-force CryptedFileKeyring keyring files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 11.10 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
(CVE-2012-4571)

It was discovered that Python Keyring created keyring files with insecure permissions. A local attacker could use this issue to access keyring files belonging to other users.

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Solution

Update the affected python-keyring and / or python3-keyring packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1634-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 62983

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1634-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-keyring, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-keyring, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/30/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4571

BID: 55815

USN: 1634-1