Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : pyCADF vulnerability (USN-2311-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 77148

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Zhi Kun Liu discovered that pyCADF incorrectly filtered certain tokens. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain authentication tokens used in REST requests.

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Solution

Update the affected python-pycadf package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2311-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 77148

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2311-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2014

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4615

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:python-pycadf, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4615

BID: 68149

USN: 2311-1