Summary
Check the version of apt
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Guillem Jover discovered that APT incorrectly created a temporary file when handling the changelog command. A local attacker could use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. In the default installation of Ubuntu, this should be prevented by the kernel link restrictions.
Affected
apt on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Detection
Get the installed version with the help of detect NVT and check if the version is vulnerable or not.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2014-7206 -
CVSS Base Score: 3.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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