Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1591-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Alec Warner discovered that xdiagnose improperly handled temporary files in welcome.py when creating user-initiated archive files. While failsafeX does not use the vulnerable code, this update removes this functionality to protect any 3rd party applications which import the vulnerable code. In the default Ubuntu installation, this should be prevented by the Yama link restrictions.
Affected
- xdiagnose on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-5355 -
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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