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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2820-1
November 26, 2015

dpkg vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

– Ubuntu 15.10
– Ubuntu 15.04
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

dpkg-deb could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
– dpkg: Debian package management system

Details:

Hanno Boeck discovered that the dpkg-deb tool incorrectly handled certain
old style Debian binary packages. If a user or an automated system were
tricked into unpacking a specially crafted binary package, a remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
dpkg 1.18.2ubuntu5.1

Ubuntu 15.04:
dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.5

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
dpkg 1.16.1.2ubuntu7.7

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2820-1
CVE-2015-0860

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/1.18.2ubuntu5.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/1.17.25ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/1.17.5ubuntu5.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/1.16.1.2ubuntu7.7

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