1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-981-1

USN-981-1: libwww-perl vulnerability

Publication date

31 August 2010

Overview

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that libwww-perl incorrectly filtered filenames suggested
by Content-Disposition headers. If a user were tricked into downloading a
file from a malicious site, a remote attacker could overwrite hidden files
in the user’s directory.

It was discovered that libwww-perl incorrectly filtered filenames suggested
by Content-Disposition headers. If a user were tricked into downloading a
file from a malicious site, a remote attacker could overwrite hidden files
in the user’s directory.

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
9.10 karmic libwww-perl –  5.831-1ubuntu0.1
9.04 jaunty libwww-perl –  5.820-1ubuntu0.1
8.04 hardy libwww-perl –  5.808-1ubuntu0.1
6.06 dapper libwww-perl –  5.803-4ubuntu0.1
10.04 lucid libwww-perl –  5.834-1ubuntu0.1

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