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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4537-1
September 24, 2020
aptdaemon vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary:
Aptdaemon could be made to expose sensitive information.
Software Description:
– aptdaemon: transaction based package management service
Details:
Vaisha Bernard discovered that Aptdaemon incorrectly handled the Locale
property. A local attacker could use this issue to test for the presence of
local files.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
aptdaemon 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32.2
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
aptdaemon 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu19.4
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
aptdaemon 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14.4
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4537-1
CVE-2020-15703
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu32.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu19.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14.4
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