Ubuntu Security Update USN-3300-1: juju-core vulnerability

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3300-1


26th May, 2017

juju-core vulnerability


A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 17.04
• Ubuntu 16.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary


The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software description

• juju-core - next generation service orchestration system

Details


Ryan Beisner discovered juju did not set permissions on a Unix domain
socket. A local attacker could use this flaw to gain administrative
privileges.

Update instructions


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

Ubuntu 17.04:
juju 2.0.2-0ubuntu2.1
juju-2.0 2.0.2-0ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 16.10:
juju 2.0.2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2
juju-2.0 2.0.2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
juju 2.0.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
juju-2.0 2.0.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
juju 1.25.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.2
juju-core 1.25.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.2
juju-local 1.25.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.2
juju-local-kvm 1.25.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.2

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

After a standard system update you need to restart juju-core to make
all the necessary changes.

References


CVE-2017-9232

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