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July 2019 Security Update Release

2019-07-10 KENNETH 0

July 2019 Security Update Release We have released the July security updates to provide additional protections against malicious attackers. As a best practice, we encourage customers to turn on automatic updates. More information about this month’s security updates can be found in the Security Update Guide. Source: July 2019 Security Update Release

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USN-4051-2: Apport vulnerability

2019-07-09 KENNETH 0

USN-4051-2: Apport vulnerability apport vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Summary Apport could be made to expose sensitive information in crash reports. Software Description apport – automatically generate crash reports for debugging Details USN-4051-1 fixed a vulnerability in apport. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Kevin Backhouse discovered a race-condition when reading the user’s local Apport configuration. This could be used by a local attacker to cause Apport to include arbitrary files in a resulting crash report. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM python-apport – 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm1 python3-apport – 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm1 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 [ more… ]

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USN-4053-1: GVfs vulnerabilities

2019-07-09 KENNETH 0

USN-4053-1: GVfs vulnerabilities gvfs vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in GVfs. Software Description gvfs – Userspace virtual filesystem Details It was discovered that GVfs incorrectly handled the admin backend. Files created or moved by the admin backend could end up with the wrong ownership information, contrary to expectations. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.10, and Ubuntu 19.04. (CVE-2019-12447, CVE-2019-12448, CVE-2019-12449) It was discovered that GVfs incorrectly handled authentication on its private D-Bus socket. A local attacker could possibly connect to this socket and issue D-Bus calls. (CVE-2019-12795) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04 gvfs – 1.40.1-1ubuntu0.1 gvfs-backends – 1.40.1-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.10 gvfs [ more… ]

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日本セキュリティチーム ブログ移行のお知らせ

2019-07-09 KENNETH 0

日本セキュリティチーム ブログ移行のお知らせ 日本セキュリティチーム ブログが、新しいプラットフォームに移行してアドレスが変更になりました。旧アドレス (https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/jpsecurity/) をブラウザのお気に入りに登録や、RSS フィードの登録等で利用されている方は、お手数ですが、新たなアドレス (https://aka.ms/jpsecurity) へ変更をお願いします。 Source: 日本セキュリティチーム ブログ移行のお知らせ

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USN-4051-1: Apport vulnerability

2019-07-09 KENNETH 0

USN-4051-1: Apport vulnerability apport vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Apport could be made to expose sensitive information in crash reports. Software Description apport – automatically generate crash reports for debugging Details Kevin Backhouse discovered a race-condition when reading the user’s local Apport configuration. This could be used by a local attacker to cause Apport to include arbitrary files in a resulting crash report. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04 python-apport – 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1 python3-apport – 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1 Ubuntu 18.10 python-apport – 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.4 python3-apport – 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.4 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS python-apport – 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7 python3-apport – 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS python-apport – 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19 python3-apport – 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. [ more… ]