1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4312-1

USN-4312-1: Timeshift vulnerability

Publication date

30 March 2020

Overview

Timeshift could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Releases

Packages

Details

Matthias Gerstner discovered that Timeshift did not securely create temporary
files. An attacker could exploit a race condition in Timeshift and potentially
execute arbitrary commands as root.

Matthias Gerstner discovered that Timeshift did not securely create temporary
files. An attacker could exploit a race condition in Timeshift and potentially
execute arbitrary commands as root.

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
19.10 eoan timeshift –  19.01+ds-2ubuntu0.1

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