SECURITY

USN-3401-1: TeX Live vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3401-1 22nd August, 2017 texlive-base vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary TeX Live could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software description texlive-base – TeX Live: Essential programs and files Details It was discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certainsystem commands. If a user were tricked into processing aspecially crafted TeX file, a remote attacker could executearbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: texlive-base 2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1 texlive-latex-base 2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: texlive-base 2013.20140215-1ubuntu0.1 texlive-latex-base 2013.20140215-1ubuntu0.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References CVE-2016-10243 [ more… ]

USN-3402-1: PySAML2 vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3402-1 24th August, 2017 python-pysaml2 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.04 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary The system could be made to expose sensitive information. Software description python-pysaml2 – Pure python implementation of SAML2 Details It was discovered that PySAML2 incorrectly handled certainSAML XML requests and responses. A remote attacker could usethis issue to read arbitrary files. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 17.04: python-pysaml2 3.0.0-3ubuntu1.17.04.1 python3-pysaml2 3.0.0-3ubuntu1.17.04.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: python-pysaml2 3.0.0-3ubuntu1.16.04.1 python3-pysaml2 3.0.0-3ubuntu1.16.04.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References CVE-2016-10149 Source: USN-3402-1: PySAML2 vulnerability