[USN-7059-2] OATH Toolkit vulnerability,External

[Julia Sarris]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7059-2
October 17, 2024

oath-toolkit vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.10

Summary:

OATH Toolkit could be made to overwrite files as the administrator.

Software Description:
- oath-toolkit: Development files for the OATH Toolkit Liboath library

Details:

USN-7059-1 fixed a vulnerability in OATH Toolkit library. This
update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 24.10.

Original advisory details:

  Fabian Vogt discovered that OATH Toolkit incorrectly handled file
  permissions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
  overwrite root owned files, leading to a privilege escalation attack.
  (CVE-2024-47191)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.10
   liboath-dev                     2.6.11-3ubuntu1

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

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7059-2 
<https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7059-2>
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7059-1 
<https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7059-1>
   CVE-2024-47191

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oath-toolkit/2.6.11-3ubuntu1 
<https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oath-toolkit/2.6.11-3ubuntu1>
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