Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2649-1
16th June, 2015
devscripts vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
devscripts could be made to overwrite files.
Software description
- devscripts
– scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier
Details
It was discovered that the uupdate tool incorrectly handled symlinks.
If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially
crafted files, a remote attacker could possibly replace arbitrary files,
leading to a privilege escalation.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 14.10:
-
devscripts
2.14.6ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
devscripts
2.14.1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
devscripts
2.11.6ubuntu1.7
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.