USN-1366-1: devscripts vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 11.10
• Ubuntu 11.04
• Ubuntu 10.10
• Ubuntu 10.04
• Ubuntu 8.04

Packages

• devscripts - Scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier

Details

Paul Wise discovered that debdiff did not properly sanitize its input when
processing .dsc and .changes files. If debdiff processed a crafted file, an
attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. (CVE-2012-0210)

Raphael Geissert discovered that debdiff did not properly sanitize its input
when processing source packages. If debdiff processed an original source
tarball, with crafted filenames in the top-level directory, an attacker could
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2012-0211)

Raphael Geissert discovered that debdiff did not properly sanitize its input
when processing filename parameters. If debdiff processed a crafted filename
parameter, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user invoking the program. (CVE-2012-0212)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 8.04

• devscripts - 2.10.11ubuntu5.8.04.5

Ubuntu 11.10

• devscripts - 2.11.1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 11.04

• devscripts - 2.10.69ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 10.10

• devscripts - 2.10.67ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 10.04

• devscripts - 2.10.61ubuntu5.1

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

References

• CVE-2012-0210
• CVE-2012-0211
• CVE-2012-0212

Related notices

• USN-1593-1