=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-526-1 October 04, 2007 debian-goodies vulnerability CVE-2007-3912 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: debian-goodies 0.23ubuntu0.6.06.1 Ubuntu 6.10: debian-goodies 0.23ubuntu0.6.10.1 Ubuntu 7.04: debian-goodies 0.27ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to affect the necessary changes. Details follow: Thomas de Grenier de Latour discovered that the checkrestart program included in debian-goodies did not correctly handle shell meta-characters. A local attacker could exploit this to gain the privileges of the user running checkrestart. Updated packages for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/debian-goodies/debian-goodies_0.23ubuntu0.6.06.1.dsc Size/MD5: 541 bf3ec3bbbb718a4bdbc33c9377391207 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/debian-goodies/debian-goodies_0.23ubuntu0.6.06.1.tar.gz Size/MD5: 11792 81c701f4b438547941fc3e197fb84e0d Architecture independent packages: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/debian-goodies/debian-goodies_0.23ubuntu0.6.06.1_all.deb Size/MD5: 22430 30e986cc78aa15144858ec2c6f9539bf Updated packages for Ubuntu 6.10: Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/debian-goodies/debian-goodies_0.23ubuntu0.6.10.1.dsc Size/MD5: 541 76c493e084ce3ac73a5cf4c5aae9b8cc http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/debian-goodies/debian-goodies_0.23ubuntu0.6.10.1.tar.gz Size/MD5: 11786 110c79f2b89ca619fe984b24782b0aa6 Architecture independent packages: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/debian-goodies/debian-goodies_0.23ubuntu0.6.10.1_all.deb Size/MD5: 22406 9ad478564241816893d229ab92ae3c00 Updated packages for Ubuntu 7.04: Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/debian-goodies/debian-goodies_0.27ubuntu0.1.dsc Size/MD5: 634 b918441edd5ef83334adc790bddf89bd http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/debian-goodies/debian-goodies_0.27ubuntu0.1.tar.gz Size/MD5: 29044 586174400e41386bb78d4764fdad755a Architecture independent packages: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/debian-goodies/debian-goodies_0.27ubuntu0.1_all.deb Size/MD5: 36804 548f700ef0b6c09dc8daaed38f0ab367
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