USN-4508-1: StoreBackup vulnerability
16 September 2020
StoreBackup could be made to stop executing or generate a race condition if it received a lock file in the default location.
Releases
Packages
- storebackup - fancy compressing managing checksumming deduplicating hard-linkin
Details
It was discovered that StoreBackup did not properly manage lock files.
A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or
escalate privileges and run arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-7040)
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
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.