USN-1676-1: AppArmor update

Publication date

19 December 2012

Overview

A weakness was discovered in the example AppArmor profile for chromium-browser.


Packages

Details

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the example AppArmor profile for
chromium-browser could be escaped by calling xdg-settings with a crafted
environment.

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the example AppArmor profile for
chromium-browser could be escaped by calling xdg-settings with a crafted
environment.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
12.04 precise apparmor-profiles –  2.7.102-0ubuntu3.7
11.10 oneiric apparmor-profiles –  2.7.0~beta1+bzr1774-1ubuntu2.2

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