USN-4457-2: Software Properties vulnerability
17 August 2020
Software Properties could be made to manipulate the display.
Releases
Packages
- software-properties - manage the repositories that you install software from
Details
USN-4457-1 fixed a vulnerability in Software. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Jason A. Donenfeld discovered that Software Properties incorrectly filtered
certain escape sequences when displaying PPA descriptions. If a user were
tricked into adding an arbitrary PPA, a remote attacker could possibly
manipulate the screen.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
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python-software-properties
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0.92.37.8ubuntu0.1~esm1
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software-properties-common
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0.92.37.8ubuntu0.1~esm1
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python3-software-properties
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0.92.37.8ubuntu0.1~esm1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-4457-1: software-properties-qt, software-properties-gtk, software-properties-kde, software-properties-common, python3-software-properties, software-properties, python-software-properties