USN-3772-1: UDisks vulnerability

26 September 2018

udisks2 vulnerability

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

Summary

Udisks could be made to crash or expose sensitive information.

Software Description

• udisks2 - service to access and manipulate storage devices

Details

It was discovered that UDisks incorrectly handled format strings when logging. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

udisks2 - 2.7.6-3ubuntu0.2

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2Ii1QrF