USN-4312-1: Timeshift vulnerability
USN-4312-1: Timeshift vulnerability Timeshift vulnerability 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 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-2020-10174 Source: USN-4312-1: Timeshift vulnerability