USN-2183-1: dpkg vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2183-1

28th April, 2014

dpkg vulnerability

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

• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS


• Ubuntu 13.10


• Ubuntu 12.10


• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS


• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary

A malicious source package could write files outside the unpack directory.

Software description

• dpkg - Debian package management system

Details

Jakub Wilk discovered that dpkg incorrectly certain paths and symlinks when

unpacking source packages. If a user or an automated system were tricked

into unpacking a specially crafted source package, a remote attacker could

modify files outside the target unpack directory, leading to a denial of

service or potentially gaining access to the system.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

libdpkg-perl 1.17.5ubuntu5.1

Ubuntu 13.10:

libdpkg-perl 1.16.12ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.10:

libdpkg-perl 1.16.7ubuntu6.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

libdpkg-perl 1.16.1.2ubuntu7.3

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:

dpkg-dev 1.15.5.6ubuntu4.7

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://bit.ly/1aJDvTw.

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

References

CVE-2014-0471

via Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/S1Eg7z