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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-2370-1 Moderate: APT File Overwrite

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Calendar Grey October 8, 2014
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Critical flaw discovered permits unauthorized users to modify files. Ensure your Debian environment is patched immediately.
APT could be made to overwrite files.

Summary

APT could be made to overwrite files.

Software Description:

- apt: Advanced front-end for dpkg

Details:

Guillem Jover discovered that APT incorrectly created a temporary file when

handling the changelog command. A local attacker could use this issue to

overwrite arbitrary files. In the default installation of Ubuntu, this

should be prevented by the kernel link restrictions.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  apt                             1.0.1ubuntu2.5

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  apt                             0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.21

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2370-1

CVE-2014-7206

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October 08, 2014

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security advisory moderate ubuntu overwrite apt

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/1.0.1ubuntu2.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.21

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