USN-4312-1: Timeshift vulnerability
30 March 2020
Timeshift could be made to run programs as an administrator.
Releases
Packages
- timeshift - System restore utility
Details
Matthias Gerstner discovered that Timeshift did not securely create temporary
files. An attacker could exploit a race condition in Timeshift and potentially
execute arbitrary commands as root.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.