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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-1591-1 Moderate: Xdiagnose File Overwrite Risk

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Ubuntu security advisory for xdiagnose patch tackles potential file overwrite vulnerabilities and offers essential update guidelines.
3rd party applications using xdiagnose could potentially be made tooverwrite files.

Summary

3rd party applications using xdiagnose could potentially be made to

overwrite files.

Software Description:

- - xdiagnose: X.org diagnosis tool

Details:

Alec Warner discovered that xdiagnose improperly handled temporary files

in welcome.py when creating user-initiated archive files. While

failsafeX does not use the vulnerable code, this update removes this

functionality to protect any 3rd party applications which import the

vulnerable code. In the default Ubuntu installation, this should be

prevented by the Yama link restrictions.

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  xdiagnose                       2.5.2ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1591-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/1036211

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/2.5.2ubuntu0.1
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