Timeshift vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Timeshift could be made to run programs as an administrator.
Software Description
Matthias Gerstner discovered that Timeshift did not securely create temporary files. An attacker could exploit a race condition in Timeshift and potentially execute arbitrary commands as root.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
timeshift - 19.01+ds-2ubuntu0.1
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.
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
Timeshift could be made to run programs as an administrator.
Software Description
- timeshift - System restore utility
Matthias Gerstner discovered that Timeshift did not securely create temporary files. An attacker could exploit a race condition in Timeshift and potentially execute arbitrary commands as root.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
timeshift - 19.01+ds-2ubuntu0.1
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...