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Subject: [USN-2746-1] Simple Streams vulnerability
From: Steve Beattie <steve.beattie () canonical ! com>
Date: 2015-09-24 23:42:47
Message-ID: 20150924234247.GA9470 () nxnw ! org
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2746-1
September 24, 2015
simplestreams vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Applications using Simple Streams could be made to crash or run
programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Software Description:
- simplestreams: Library and tools for using Simple Streams data
Details:
It was discovered that Simple Streams did not properly perform gpg
verification in some situations. A remote attacker could use this to
perform a man-in-the-middle attack and inject malicious content into
the stream.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 15.04:
python-simplestreams 0.1.0~bzr354-0ubuntu1.15.04.1
python-simplestreams-openstack 0.1.0~bzr354-0ubuntu1.15.04.1
python3-simplestreams 0.1.0~bzr354-0ubuntu1.15.04.1
simplestreams 0.1.0~bzr354-0ubuntu1.15.04.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
python-simplestreams 0.1.0~bzr341-0ubuntu2.2
python-simplestreams-openstack 0.1.0~bzr341-0ubuntu2.2
python3-simplestreams 0.1.0~bzr341-0ubuntu2.2
simplestreams 0.1.0~bzr341-0ubuntu2.2
After a standard system update you need to restart any services that
make use of python-simplestreams or python3-simplestreams to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2746-1
CVE-2015-1337
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simplestreams/0.1.0~bzr354-0ubuntu1.15.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simplestreams/0.1.0~bzr341-0ubuntu2.2
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