1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-7063-1

USN-7063-1: Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Daemon vulnerability

Publication date

11 October 2024

Overview

Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Daemon could be made to expose sensitive information.

Releases

Packages

Details

Marco Trevisan discovered that the Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Daemon leaked
the Pro token to unprivileged users by passing the token as an argument
in plaintext. An attacker could use this issue to gain unauthorized access
to an Ubuntu Pro subscription. (CVE-2024-6388)

Marco Trevisan discovered that the Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Daemon leaked
the Pro token to unprivileged users by passing the token as an argument
in plaintext. An attacker could use this issue to gain unauthorized access
to an Ubuntu Pro subscription. (CVE-2024-6388)

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
24.04 noble ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon –  1.11ubuntu0.1
22.04 jammy ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon –  1.10.ubuntu0.22.04.2
20.04 focal ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon –  1.10.ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 bionic ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon –  1.10.ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1  
16.04 xenial ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon –  1.10.ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1  

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References

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