1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-7059-2

USN-7059-2: OATH Toolkit vulnerability

Publication date

17 October 2024

Overview

OATH Toolkit could be made to overwrite files as the administrator.

Releases

Packages

  • oath-toolkit - Development files for the OATH Toolkit Liboath library

Details

USN-7059-1 fixed a vulnerability in OATH Toolkit library. This
update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 24.10.

Original advisory details:

Fabian Vogt discovered that OATH Toolkit incorrectly handled file
permissions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
overwrite root owned files, leading to a privilege escalation attack.
(CVE-2024-47191)

USN-7059-1 fixed a vulnerability in OATH Toolkit library. This
update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 24.10.

Original advisory details:

Fabian Vogt discovered that OATH Toolkit incorrectly handled file
permissions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
overwrite root owned files, leading to a privilege escalation attack.
(CVE-2024-47191)

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
24.10 oracular liboath-dev –  2.6.11-3ubuntu1

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