USN-572-1: apt-listchanges vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 7.04

Packages

• apt-listchanges -

Details

Felipe Sateler discovered that apt-listchanges did not use safe paths when
importing additional Python libraries. A local attacker could exploit
this and execute arbitrary commands as the user running apt-listchanges.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 7.10

• apt-listchanges - 2.74ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 7.04

• apt-listchanges - 2.72ubuntu6.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2008-0302