Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2648-1
16th June, 2015
aptdaemon vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Aptdaemon could be made to expose sensitive information, or allow file
access as the administrator.
Software description
- aptdaemon
– transaction based package management service
Details
Tavis Ormandy discovered that Aptdeamon incorrectly handled the simulate
dbus method. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly expose
sensitive information, or perform other file access as the root user.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 15.04:
-
aptdaemon
1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu3.1
- Ubuntu 14.10:
-
aptdaemon
1.1.1+bzr980-0ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
aptdaemon
1.1.1-1ubuntu5.2
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
aptdaemon
0.43+bzr805-0ubuntu10
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.