PT-2014-2135 · Canonical · Update Manager

D-- + 1 · Published 2014-04-27 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2011-3152

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Update Manager versions 1:0.87.31.1 and earlier, versions 1:0.134.x through 1:0.134.10.1, versions 1:0.142.x through 1:0.142.22.1, versions 1:0.150.x through 1:0.150.4.1, versions 1:0.152.x through 1:0.152.25.4

Description The issue allows man-in-the-middle attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a directory traversal attack using a crafted tar file, or bypass authentication via a crafted meta-release file, due to the lack of GPG signature verification before extracting an upgrade tarball.

Recommendations For versions 1:0.87.31.1 and earlier, update to version 1:0.87.31.1 or later. For versions 1:0.134.x through 1:0.134.10.1, update to version 1:0.134.11.1 or later. For versions 1:0.142.x through 1:0.142.22.1, update to version 1:0.142.23.1 or later. For versions 1:0.150.x through 1:0.150.4.1, update to version 1:0.150.5.1 or later. For versions 1:0.152.x through 1:0.152.25.4, update to version 1:0.152.25.5 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3152

Affected Products

Update Manager

References · 7

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1284-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3152 · Security Note
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/update-manager/%2Bbug/881548 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47024 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/50833 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71494 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/77642 · Note