[USN-3721-1] Apache Ant vulnerability

[Mike Salvatore]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3721-1
July 24, 2018

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

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Apache Ant could be made to overwrite files.

Software Description:
- ant: Java based build tool like make

Details:

Danny Grander discovered that Apache Ant incorrectly handled certain
compressed files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could use this issue
to overwrite arbitrary files.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  ant                             1.9.3-2ubuntu0.1

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

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3721-1
  CVE-2018-10886

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ant/1.9.3-2ubuntu0.1


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