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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7059-1
October 09, 2024

oath-toolkit vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

oath-toolkit could be made overwrite files as the administrator.

Software Description:
- oath-toolkit: Development files for the OATH Toolkit Liboath library

Details:

Fabian Vogt discovered that OATH Toolkit incorrectly handled file
permissions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
overwrite root owned files, leading to a privilege escalation attack.
(CVE-2024-47191)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   liboath-dev                     2.6.11-2.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   liboath-dev                     2.6.7-3ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7059-1 

   CVE-2024-47191

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oath-toolkit/2.6.11-2.1ubuntu0.1 

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oath-toolkit/2.6.7-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 7059-1: OATH Toolkit Security Advisory Updates

October 9, 2024
oath-toolkit could be made overwrite files as the administrator.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: oath-toolkit could be made overwrite files as the administrator. Software Description: - oath-toolkit: Development files for the OATH Toolkit Liboath library Details: Fabian Vogt discovered that OATH Toolkit incorrectly handled file permissions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite root owned files, leading to a privilege escalation attack. (CVE-2024-47191)

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS   liboath-dev                     2.6.11-2.1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS   liboath-dev                     2.6.7-3ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7059-1

  CVE-2024-47191

Severity

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oath-toolkit/2.6.11-2.1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oath-toolkit/2.6.7-3ubuntu0.1

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