Debian aptlinex up to 0.9-1 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Debian aptlinex 0.6-1/0.7-1/0.8-1/0.8-2/0.9-1. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-1902. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Debian aptlinex 0.6-1/0.7-1/0.8-1/0.8-2/0.9-1. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The GUI for aptlinex before 0.91 does not sufficiently warn the user of potentially dangerous actions, which allows remote attackers to remove or modify packages via an apt:// URL.

The weakness was disclosed 04/22/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-1902 since 04/21/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 0.8-1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (41954). The entry VDB-42081 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: aptlinex 0.8-1

Timelineinfo

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04/22/2008 +1 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2519 days 🔍
09/23/2018 +1287 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: debian.org

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1902 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1902
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42082
X-Force: 41954 - aptlinex GUI security bypass

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 09/23/2018 08:30
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (46), 09/23/2018 08:30 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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