[USN-4002-1] Doxygen vulnerability

[Leonidas S. Barbosa]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4002-1
June 03, 2019

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

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Doxygen could be made to run scripts as your login if it received a
specially crafted query.

Software Description:
- doxygen: Documentation system for C, C++, Java, Python and other
languages

Details:

It was discovered that Doxygen incorrectly handled certain queries.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code
and compromise sensitive information.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  doxygen                         1.8.11-1ubuntu0.1

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

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-4002-1
  CVE-2016-10245

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/doxygen/1.8.11-1ubuntu0.1
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