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[USN-2008-1] Suds vulnerability

Posted on 24 October 2013
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2008-1
October 24, 2013

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

- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Suds could be made to overwrite files.

Software Description:
- suds: Lightweight SOAP client for Python

Details:

Ralph Loader discovered that Suds incorrectly handled temporary files. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files=
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In the default installation of Ubuntu, this should be prevented by the Ya=
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link restrictions.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.04:
python-suds 0.4.1-5ubuntu0.13.04.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
python-suds 0.4.1-5ubuntu0.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
python-suds 0.4.1-2ubuntu1.1

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


References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2008-1
CVE-2013-2217

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/suds/0.4.1-5ubuntu0.13.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/suds/0.4.1-5ubuntu0.12.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/suds/0.4.1-2ubuntu1.1

 

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