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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2657-1

Posted on 30 June 2015
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2657-1
June 29, 2015

unattended-upgrades vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

An attacker could trick unattended-upgrades into installing altered
packages.

Software Description:
- unattended-upgrades: automatic installation of security upgrades

Details:

It was discovered that unattended-upgrades incorrectly performed
authentication checks in certain configurations. If a remote attacker were
able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could potentially be
used to install altered packages.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
unattended-upgrades 0.83.6ubuntu1

Ubuntu 14.10:
unattended-upgrades 0.82.8ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
unattended-upgrades 0.82.1ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
unattended-upgrades 0.76ubuntu1.1

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2657-1
CVE-2015-1330

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/0.83.6ubuntu1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/0.82.8ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/0.82.1ubuntu2.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/0.76ubuntu1.1

 

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