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Ubuntu 24.04 USN-6912-1 Critical: Provd Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey July 24, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Bulletin USN-6913-1 tackles a critical vulnerability that permits local exploitation to gain higher access rights.
provd could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Summary: provd could be made to run programs as an administrator. Software Description: - provd: Ubuntu Desktop Provision init backend Details: James Henstridge discovered that provd incorrectly handled environment variables. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary programs and escalate privileges.

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security advisory critical privilege escalation local attack ubuntu provd

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS provd 0.1.2+24.04 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6912-1

CVE-2024-6714,https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/provd/+bug/2071574

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6912-1

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security advisory critical privilege escalation local attack ubuntu provd

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/provd/0.1.2+24.04

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