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Ubuntu 17.04: USN-3379-1 High Severity Vulnerability in Shotwell App

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Shotwell could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3379-1
August 07, 2017

shotwell vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Shotwell could be made to expose sensitive information over the
network.

Software Description:
- shotwell: digital photo organizer

Details:

It was discovered that Shotwell is vulnerable to an information
disclosure in the web publishing plugins resulting in potential
password and oauth token plaintext transmission.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 17.04:
  shotwell                        0.22.0+git20160108.r1.f2fb1f7-0ubuntu3.1
  shotwell-common                 0.22.0+git20160108.r1.f2fb1f7-0ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  shotwell                        0.22.0+git20160108.r1.f2fb1f7-0ubuntu1.1
  shotwell-common                 0.22.0+git20160108.r1.f2fb1f7-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  shotwell                        0.18.0-0ubuntu4.5
  shotwell-common                 0.18.0-0ubuntu4.5

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

References:
  
  CVE-2017-1000024

Package Information:
  2fb1f7-0ubuntu3.1
  2fb1f7-0ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shotwell/0.18.0-0ubuntu4.5

Ubuntu 17.04: USN-3379-1 High Severity Vulnerability in Shotwell App

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Calendar Grey August 7, 2017
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Affecting various Ubuntu releases, this notice highlights Shotwell's potential data vulnerability via network access, necessitating a prompt corrective action.
Shotwell could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.04:   shotwell                        0.22.0+git20160108.r1.f2fb1f7-0ubuntu3.1   shotwell-common                 0.22.0+git20160108.r1.f2fb1f7-0ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:   shotwell                        0.22.0+git20160108.r1.f2fb1f7-0ubuntu1.1   shotwell-common                 0.22.0+git20160108.r1.f2fb1f7-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:   shotwell                        0.18.0-0ubuntu4.5   shotwell-common                 0.18.0-0ubuntu4.5 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

 

  CVE-2017-1000024

August 07, 2017

Package Information

  2fb1f7-0ubuntu3.1   2fb1f7-0ubuntu1.1   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shotwell/0.18.0-0ubuntu4.5

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