1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2008-1

USN-2008-1: Suds vulnerability

Publication date

24 October 2013

Overview

Suds could be made to overwrite files.

Releases

Packages

  • suds - Lightweight SOAP client for Python

Details

Ralph Loader discovered that Suds incorrectly handled temporary files. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files.
In the default installation of Ubuntu, this should be prevented by the Yama
link restrictions.

Ralph Loader discovered that Suds incorrectly handled temporary files. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files.
In the default installation of Ubuntu, this should be prevented by the Yama
link restrictions.

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
13.04 raring python-suds –  0.4.1-5ubuntu0.13.04.1
12.10 quantal python-suds –  0.4.1-5ubuntu0.12.10.1
12.04 precise python-suds –  0.4.1-2ubuntu1.1

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