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

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Calendar Grey July 24, 2024
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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

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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Topics Covered

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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