USN-3300-1: juju-core vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3300-1
26th May, 2017
juju-core vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.
Software description
- juju-core
– next generation service orchestration system
Details
Ryan Beisner discovered juju did not set permissions on a Unix domain
socket. A local attacker could use this flaw to gain administrative
privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 17.04:
-
juju
2.0.2-0ubuntu2.1
-
juju-2.0
2.0.2-0ubuntu2.1
- Ubuntu 16.10:
-
juju
2.0.2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2
-
juju-2.0
2.0.2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
juju
2.0.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
-
juju-2.0
2.0.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
juju
1.25.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.2
-
juju-core
1.25.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.2
-
juju-local
1.25.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.2
-
juju-local-kvm
1.25.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart juju-core to make
all the necessary changes.
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