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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2648-1
June 16, 2015
aptdaemon vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 15.04
– Ubuntu 14.10
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Aptdaemon could be made to expose sensitive information, or allow file
access as the administrator.
Software Description:
– aptdaemon: transaction based package management service
Details:
Tavis Ormandy discovered that Aptdeamon incorrectly handled the simulate
dbus method. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly expose
sensitive information, or perform other file access as the root user.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 15.04:
aptdaemon 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu3.1
Ubuntu 14.10:
aptdaemon 1.1.1+bzr980-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
aptdaemon 1.1.1-1ubuntu5.2
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
aptdaemon 0.43+bzr805-0ubuntu10
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2648-1
CVE-2015-1323
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/1.1.1+bzr980-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/1.1.1-1ubuntu5.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/0.43+bzr805-0ubuntu10
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