USN-1635-1: libunity-webapps vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1635-1
21st November, 2012
libunity-webapps vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.10
Summary
libunity-webapps could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.
Software description
- libunity-webapps - UnityWebapps library
Details
It was discovered that libunity-webapps improperly handled certain hash
tables. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libunity-webapps
to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 12.10:
- libunity-webapps0 2.4.1-0ubuntu3.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.