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Ubuntu 19.10: USN-4295-1 Critical: Rake Arbitrary Command Execution

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Calendar Grey March 3, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Announcement USN-4295-1 discusses a severe vulnerability in rake that permits the execution of arbitrary commands through specially designed files.
Rake could be made run arbitrary commands it received a specially crafted file.

Summary

Rake could be made run arbitrary commands it received a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- rake: Ruby make-like utility

Details:

It was discovered that Rake incorrectly handled certain files.

An attacker could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary commands.

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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 19.10:
  rake                            12.3.1-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  rake                            12.3.1-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  rake                            10.5.0-2ubuntu0.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4295-1

CVE-2020-8130

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March 03, 2020

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical update instructions ubuntu arbitrary command rake

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rake/12.3.1-3ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rake/12.3.1-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rake/10.5.0-2ubuntu0.1

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