=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3411-1 September 06, 2017 bzr vulnerability ========================================================================= A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Bazaar could be made run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted URL. Software Description: - bzr: easy to use distributed version control system Details: Adam Collard discovered that Bazaar did not properly handle host names in 'bzr+ssh://' URLs. A remote attacker could use this to construct a bazaar repository URL that when accessed could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.04: bzr 2.7.0+bzr6619-7ubuntu0.1 python-bzrlib 2.7.0+bzr6619-7ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: bzr 2.7.0-2ubuntu3.1 python-bzrlib 2.7.0-2ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: bzr 2.6.0+bzr6593-1ubuntu1.6 python-bzrlib 2.6.0+bzr6593-1ubuntu1.6 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3411-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+bug/1710979 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bzr/2.7.0+bzr6619-7ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bzr/2.7.0-2ubuntu3.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bzr/2.6.0+bzr6593-1ubuntu1.6
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.04: bzr 2.7.0+bzr6619-7ubuntu0.1 python-bzrlib 2.7.0+bzr6619-7ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: bzr 2.7.0-2ubuntu3.1 python-bzrlib 2.7.0-2ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: bzr 2.6.0+bzr6593-1ubuntu1.6 python-bzrlib 2.6.0+bzr6593-1ubuntu1.6 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3411-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+bug/1710979
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bzr/2.7.0+bzr6619-7ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bzr/2.7.0-2ubuntu3.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bzr/2.6.0+bzr6593-1ubuntu1.6
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