[USN-2353-1] APT vulnerability

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2353-1
September 23, 2014

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

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

APT could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted
network traffic.

Software Description:
- apt: Advanced front-end for dpkg

Details:

It was discovered that APT incorrectly handled certain http URLs. If a
remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw
could be exploited to cause APT to crash, resulting in a denial of service,
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-6273)

In addition, this update fixes regressions introduced by the USN-2348-1
security update: APT incorrectly handled file:/// sources on a different
partition, incorrectly handled Dir::state::lists set to a relative path,
and incorrectly handled cdrom: sources.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  apt                             1.0.1ubuntu2.4.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  apt                             0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.20.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  apt                             0.7.25.3ubuntu9.17.1

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

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2353-1
  CVE-2014-6273

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/1.0.1ubuntu2.4.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.20.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.7.25.3ubuntu9.17.1


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