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Ubuntu 7.04, 7.10 USN-572-1 Critical: Apt-Listchanges Command Execution

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Calendar Grey January 18, 2008
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The recently released Ubuntu Security Notice USN-572-1 addresses a vulnerability in apt-listchanges that could enable local adversaries to run unauthorized commands.
Felipe Sateler discovered that apt-listchanges did not use safe paths when importing additional Python libraries

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security advisory critical command execution Ubuntu apt-listchanges

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-572-1 January 18, 2008

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security advisory critical command execution Ubuntu apt-listchanges

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