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Ubuntu: USN-5072-1 Moderate: ubuntu-edu-settings Security Bypass

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Calendar Grey February 11, 2022
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Update debian-edu-config to address vulnerabilities related to improper permission settings which could allow for privilege escalation. Urgent security patch advised.
Marcel Neumann, Robert Altschaffel, Loris Guba and Dustin Hermann discovered that debian-edu-config, a set of configuration files used for the Debian Edu blend configured insecure ...

Summary

Marcel Neumann, Robert Altschaffel, Loris Guba and Dustin Hermann
discovered that debian-edu-config, a set of configuration files used for
the Debian Edu blend configured insecure permissions for the user web
shares (~/public_html), which could result in privilege escalation.

If PHP functionality is needed for the user web shares, please refer
to /usr/share/doc/debian-edu-config/README.public_html_with_PHP-CGI+suExec.md

For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.10.65+deb10u8.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.11.56+deb11u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your debian-edu-config packages.

For the detailed security status of debian-edu-config please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/debian-edu-config

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www....

Read the Full Advisory

Package: debian-edu-config
CVE ID: CVE-2021-20001

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