Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1584-1
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_ubuntu_USN_1584_1.nasl 7960 2017-12-01 06:58:16Z santu $
#
# Ubuntu Update for transmission USN-1584-1
#
# Authors:
# System Generated Check
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# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
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#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
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# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "Justin C. Klein Keane discovered that the Transmission web client
incorrectly escaped certain strings. If a user were tricked into opening a
specially crafted torrent file, an attacker could possibly exploit this to
conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.";
tag_summary = "Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1584-1";
tag_affected = "transmission on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS";
tag_solution = "Please Install the Updated Packages.";
if(description)
{
script_xref(name: "URL" , value: "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1584-1/");
script_id(841164);
script_version("$Revision: 7960 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-12-01 07:58:16 +0100 (Fri, 01 Dec 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-09-27 09:07:45 +0530 (Thu, 27 Sep 2012)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-4037");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_xref(name: "USN", value: "1584-1");
script_name("Ubuntu Update for transmission USN-1584-1");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = get_kb_item("ssh/login/release");
res = "";
if(release == NULL){
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU12.04 LTS")
{
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"transmission-common", ver:"2.51-0ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU12.04 LTS")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
exit(0);
}