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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Unity vulnerabilities (USN-2184-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73785

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Frederic Bardy discovered that Unity incorrectly filtered keyboard shortcuts when the screen was locked. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to run commands, and unlock the current session.

Giovanni Mellini discovered that Unity could display the Dash in certain conditions when the screen was locked. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to run commands, and unlock the current session.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2184-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73785

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2184-1.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/30/2014

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unity-2d-spread, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unity-autopilot, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unity-services, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libunity-2d-private-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libunity-2d-private0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libunity-core-6.0-9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libunity-core-6.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unity, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unity-2d, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unity-2d-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unity-2d-panel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unity-2d-shell

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2014

Reference Information

BID: 67116, 67117

USN: 2184-1