USN-3379-1: Shotwell vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3379-1
7th August, 2017
shotwell vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Shotwell could be made to expose sensitive information over the
network.
Software description
- shotwell
– digital photo organizer
Details
It was discovered that Shotwell is vulnerable to an information disclosure
in the web publishing plugins resulting in potential password and oauth token
plaintext transmission.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 17.04:
-
shotwell
0.22.0+git20160108.r1.f2fb1f7-0ubuntu3.1
-
shotwell-common
0.22.0+git20160108.r1.f2fb1f7-0ubuntu3.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
shotwell
0.22.0+git20160108.r1.f2fb1f7-0ubuntu1.1
-
shotwell-common
0.22.0+git20160108.r1.f2fb1f7-0ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
shotwell
0.18.0-0ubuntu4.5
-
shotwell-common
0.18.0-0ubuntu4.5
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
Source: USN-3379-1: Shotwell vulnerability
