USN-4537-1: Aptdaemon vulnerability
24 September 2020
Aptdaemon could be made to expose sensitive information.
Releases
Packages
- aptdaemon - transaction based package management service
Details
Vaisha Bernard discovered that Aptdaemon incorrectly handled the Locale
property. A local attacker could use this issue to test for the presence of
local files.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.