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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : wpa_supplicant vulnerability (USN-2383-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 78468

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Jouni Malinen discovered that the wpa_cli tool incorrectly sanitized strings when being used with action scripts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2383-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 78468

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2383-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/15/2014

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3686

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wpasupplicant, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wpasupplicant-udeb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:hostapd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wpagui

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3686

BID: 70396

USN: 2383-1