Ubuntu 1068-1: Aptdaemon vulnerability
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==========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1068-1 February 22, 2011 aptdaemon vulnerability CVE-2011-0725 ========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 10.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.10: python-aptdaemon 0.31+bzr506-0ubuntu6.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. Details follow: Sergey Nizovtsev discovered that Aptdaemon incorrectly filtered certain arguments when using its D-Bus interface. A local attacker could use this flaw to bypass security restrictions and view sensitive information by reading arbitrary files. Updated packages for Ubuntu 10.10: Source archives: Size/MD5: 528226 b4bab52268bb2d5265519c41b507f465 Size/MD5: 2121 dfe8afa421c97dae75ef5401240bfcbd Size/MD5: 441337 272889c346728f050dd439b48f1041a7 Architecture independent packages: Size/MD5: 35990 318e9d8d17fc010ba43840b06bb31e8b Size/MD5: 197602 a052006f8f9addc05244a2a9f7ba8143 Size/MD5: 64802 b8a33f9e2e8c53679a2b6bfe9768bab2