1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3584-1

USN-3584-1: sensible-utils vulnerability

Publication date

26 February 2018

Overview

sensible-utils could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a malicious URL.

Releases

Packages

Details

Gabriel Corona discovered that sensible-utils incorrectly validated strings
when launcher a browser with the sensible-browser tool. A remote attacker
could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted URL to conduct an
argument injection attack and execute arbitrary code.

Gabriel Corona discovered that sensible-utils incorrectly validated strings
when launcher a browser with the sensible-browser tool. A remote attacker
could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted URL to conduct an
argument injection attack and execute arbitrary code.

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
17.10 artful sensible-utils –  0.0.10ubuntu0.1
16.04 xenial sensible-utils –  0.0.9ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 trusty sensible-utils –  0.0.9ubuntu0.14.04.1

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