Ubuntu 13.04: USN-2008-1 Moderate: Suds File Overwrite Threat

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October 24, 2013

Suds could be made to overwrite files.

Summary

Suds could be made to overwrite files.

Software Description:

- suds: Lightweight SOAP client for Python

Details:

Ralph Loader discovered that Suds incorrectly handled temporary files. A

local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files.

In the default installation of Ubuntu, this should be prevented by the Yama

link restrictions.

Topics Covered

security advisory file overwrite update instructions software issue ubuntu suds

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.04:
  python-suds                     0.4.1-5ubuntu0.13.04.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  python-suds                     0.4.1-5ubuntu0.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  python-suds                     0.4.1-2ubuntu1.1

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