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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2479-1
January 19, 2015

rpm vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

– Ubuntu 14.10
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in RPM.

Software Description:
– rpm: package manager for RPM

Details:

Florian Weimer discovered that RPM incorrectly handled temporary files. A
local attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2013-6435)

Florian Weimer discovered that RPM incorrectly handled certain CPIO
headers. If a user or automated system were tricked into installing a
malicious package file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause RPM
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2014-8118)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.10:
rpm 4.11.2-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
rpm 4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
rpm 4.9.1.1-1ubuntu0.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2479-1
CVE-2013-6435, CVE-2014-8118

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rpm/4.11.2-3ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rpm/4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rpm/4.9.1.1-1ubuntu0.3

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