USN-1414-1: Aptdaemon vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1414-1
2nd April, 2012
aptdaemon vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
Summary
An attacker could trick Aptdaemon into installing altered packages.
Software description
- aptdaemon - transaction based package management service
Details
It was discovered that Aptdaemon incorrectly handled installing packages
without performing a transaction simulation. An attacker could possibly use
this flaw to install altered packages.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 11.10:
- python-aptdaemon 0.43+bzr697-0ubuntu1.2
- Ubuntu 11.04:
- python-aptdaemon 0.41+bzr661-0ubuntu0.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.