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Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04 LTS USN-7059-1 critical: OATH Toolkit file overwrite

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Calendar Grey October 9, 2024
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OATH Toolkit potentially enables unapproved file alteration, jeopardizing administrative control. Upgrade now to safeguard your infrastructure thoroughly.
oath-toolkit could be made overwrite files as the administrator.

Summary

oath-toolkit could be made overwrite files as the administrator.

Software Description:

- oath-toolkit: Development files for the OATH Toolkit Liboath library

Details:

Fabian Vogt discovered that OATH Toolkit incorrectly handled file

permissions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to

overwrite root owned files, leading to a privilege escalation attack.

(CVE-2024-47191)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue privilege escalation remote attack Ubuntu file permission oath-toolkit

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   liboath-dev                     2.6.11-2.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   liboath-dev                     2.6.7-3ubuntu0.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7059-1

  CVE-2024-47191

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue privilege escalation remote attack Ubuntu file permission oath-toolkit

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oath-toolkit/2.6.11-2.1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oath-toolkit/2.6.7-3ubuntu0.1

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