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Ubuntu vm-builder Root Password Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA32697
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Release Date:
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2008-11-14
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Last Update:
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2008-11-19
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Popularity:
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2,990 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Ubuntu Linux 6.06
Ubuntu Linux 7.10
Ubuntu Linux 8.04
Ubuntu Linux 8.10
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Ubuntu has acknowledged a vulnerability in vm-builder. This can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to vm-builder setting an insecure root password when building virtual machines. This can be exploited to gain root access to a virtual machine created using vm-builder.
Note: Reportedly, this only affects virtual machines created using vm-builder under Ubuntu 8.10. Native Ubuntu installations are not affected.
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