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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3300-1
May 26, 2017
juju-core vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 17.04
– Ubuntu 16.10
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.
Software Description:
– juju-core: next generation service orchestration system
Details:
Ryan Beisner discovered juju did not set permissions on a Unix domain
socket. A local attacker could use this flaw to gain administrative
privileges.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 17.04:
juju 2.0.2-0ubuntu2.1
juju-2.0 2.0.2-0ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 16.10:
juju 2.0.2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2
juju-2.0 2.0.2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
juju 2.0.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
juju-2.0 2.0.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
juju 1.25.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.2
juju-core 1.25.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.2
juju-local 1.25.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.2
juju-local-kvm 1.25.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.2
After a standard system update you need to restart juju-core to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3300-1
CVE-2017-9232
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/juju-core/2.0.2-0ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/juju-core/2.0.2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/juju-core/2.0.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/juju-core/1.25.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.2
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