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Ubuntu: 2649-1 Moderate: Devscripts Overwrite Risk Advisory

ubuntu
Calendar Grey June 16, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A vulnerability present in devscripts for Ubuntu may enable remote malicious actors to replace files, potentially resulting in elevated privileges.
devscripts could be made to overwrite files.

Summary

devscripts could be made to overwrite files.

Software Description:

- devscripts: scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier

Details:

It was discovered that the uupdate tool incorrectly handled symlinks.

If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially

crafted files, a remote attacker could possibly replace arbitrary files,

leading to a privilege escalation.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate privilege escalation Ubuntu overwrite issue devscripts update guide

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
  devscripts                      2.14.6ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  devscripts                      2.14.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  devscripts                      2.11.6ubuntu1.7

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2649-1

CVE-2014-1833

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June 16, 2015

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate privilege escalation Ubuntu overwrite issue devscripts update guide

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/devscripts/2.14.6ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/devscripts/2.14.1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/devscripts/2.11.6ubuntu1.7

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