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Ubuntu 19.10: USN-4380-1 Medium: Apache Ant Information Leak

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Calendar Grey June 1, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Apache Ant security flaw may reveal confidential information or permit illicit entry. Ubuntu users recommended to update.
Apache Ant could leak sensitive information or be made to run programs as your login.

Summary

Apache Ant could leak sensitive information or be made to run programs

as your login.

Software Description:

- ant: Java based build tool like make

Details:

It was discovered that Apache Ant created temporary files with insecure

permissions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to read sensitive

information leaked into /tmp, or potentially inject malicious code into a

project that is built with Apache Ant.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory information leak Ubuntu update instructions code injection medium Apache Ant

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
  ant                             1.10.6-1ubuntu0.1
  ant-doc                         1.10.6-1ubuntu0.1
  ant-optional                    1.10.6-1ubuntu0.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4380-1

CVE-2020-1945

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June 01, 2020

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory information leak Ubuntu update instructions code injection medium Apache Ant

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ant/1.10.6-1ubuntu0.1

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