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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4312-1
March 30, 2020
Timeshift vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
Summary:
Timeshift could be made to run programs as an administrator.
Software Description:
- timeshift: System restore utility
Details:
Matthias Gerstner discovered that Timeshift did not securely create temporary
files. An attacker could exploit a race condition in Timeshift and potentially
execute arbitrary commands as root.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10:
timeshift 19.01+ds-2ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4312-1
CVE-2020-10174
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/timeshift/19.01+ds-2ubuntu0.1
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