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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3721-1
July 24, 2018
ant vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Apache Ant could be made to overwrite files.
Software Description:
– ant: Java based build tool like make
Details:
Danny Grander discovered that Apache Ant incorrectly handled certain
compressed files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could use this issue
to overwrite arbitrary files.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
ant 1.9.3-2ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3721-1
CVE-2018-10886
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ant/1.9.3-2ubuntu0.1
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