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USN-3388-2: Subversion vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3388-2 24th October, 2017 subversion vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in Subversion. Software description subversion – Advanced version control system Details USN-3388-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Subversion. This updateprovides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Ivan Zhakov discovered that Subversion did not properly handlesome requests. A remote attacker could use this to cause adenial of service. (CVE-2016-2168) Original advisory details: Joern Schneeweisz discovered that Subversion did not properly handle host names in 'svn+ssh://' URLs. A remote attacker could use this to construct a subversion repository that when accessed could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. (CVE-2017-9800) Daniel Shahaf and James McCoy discovered that Subversion did not properly verify realms when using Cyrus SASL authentication. [ more… ]

USN-3425-2: Apache HTTP Server vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3425-2 24th October, 2017 apache2 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Apache HTTP Server could be made to expose sensitive information over the network. Software description apache2 – Apache HTTP server Details USN-3425-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server. This updateprovides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Hanno Böck discovered that the Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled Limit directives in .htaccess files. In certain configurations, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary server memory, including sensitive information. This issue is known as Optionsbleed. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: apache2.2-bin 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.14 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. [ more… ]

USN-3411-2: Bazaar vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3411-2 24th October, 2017 bzr vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Bazaar could be made run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted URL. Software description bzr – easy to use distributed version control system Details USN-3411-1 fixed a vulnerability in Bazaar. This updateprovides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Adam Collard discovered that Bazaar did not properly handle host names in 'bzr+ssh://' URLs. A remote attacker could use this to construct a bazaar repository URL that when accessed could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: python-bzrlib 2.5.1-0ubuntu2.1 bzr 2.5.1-0ubuntu2.1 To update your system, please [ more… ]