=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1503-1
July 11, 2012
rhythmbox vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
Summary:
Rhythmbox could be made to run programs as your login when using the Context
plugin.
Software Description:
- rhythmbox: music player and organizer for GNOME
Details:
Hans Spaans discovered that the Context plugin in Rhythmbox created a
temporary directory in an insecure manner. A local attacker could exploit
this to execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. The
Context plugin is disabled by default in Ubuntu.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
rhythmbox-plugins 2.96-0ubuntu4.1
Ubuntu 11.10:
rhythmbox-plugins 2.90.1~20110908-0ubuntu1.4
After a standard system update you need to restart Rhythmbox to make all
the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1503-1
CVE-2012-3355
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/2.96-0ubuntu4.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/2.90.1~20110908-0ubuntu1.4