USN-981-1: libwww-perl vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.04
• Ubuntu 9.10
• Ubuntu 9.04
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• libwww-perl -

Details

It was discovered that libwww-perl incorrectly filtered filenames suggested
by Content-Disposition headers. If a user were tricked into downloading a
file from a malicious site, a remote attacker could overwrite hidden files
in the user's directory.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 9.10

• libwww-perl - 5.831-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 9.04

• libwww-perl - 5.820-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 8.04

• libwww-perl - 5.808-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 6.06

• libwww-perl - 5.803-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 10.04

• libwww-perl - 5.834-1ubuntu0.1

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

References

• CVE-2010-2253