sensible-utils vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
sensible-utils could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a malicious URL.
Software Description
Gabriel Corona discovered that sensible-utils incorrectly validated strings when launcher a browser with the sensible-browser tool. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted URL to conduct an argument injection attack and execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 17.10
sensible-utils - 0.0.10ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
sensible-utils - 0.0.9ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
sensible-utils - 0.0.9ubuntu0.14.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
sensible-utils could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a malicious URL.
Software Description
- sensible-utils - Utilities for sensible alternative selection
Gabriel Corona discovered that sensible-utils incorrectly validated strings when launcher a browser with the sensible-browser tool. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted URL to conduct an argument injection attack and execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 17.10
sensible-utils - 0.0.10ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
sensible-utils - 0.0.9ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
sensible-utils - 0.0.9ubuntu0.14.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Continue reading...
