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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS USN-4002-1 Moderate: Doxygen Execution Risk

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Doxygen could be made to run scripts as your login if it received a specially crafted query.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4002-1
June 03, 2019

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

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Doxygen could be made to run scripts as your login if it received a
specially crafted query.

Software Description:
- doxygen: Documentation system for C, C++, Java, Python and other
languages

Details:

It was discovered that Doxygen incorrectly handled certain queries.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code
and compromise sensitive information.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  doxygen                         1.8.11-1ubuntu0.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4002-1
  CVE-2016-10245

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/doxygen/1.8.11-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS USN-4002-1 Moderate: Doxygen Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey June 3, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Security flaw in Ubuntu allows execution of scripts via carefully crafted requests in Doxygen.
Doxygen could be made to run scripts as your login if it received a specially crafted query.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:   doxygen                         1.8.11-1ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4002-1

  CVE-2016-10245

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June 03, 2019

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/doxygen/1.8.11-1ubuntu0.1

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