USN-3584-1: sensible-utils vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3584-1
26th February, 2018
sensible-utils vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
sensible-utils could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a
malicious URL.
Software description
- sensible-utils
– Utilities for sensible alternative selection
Details
Gabriel Corona discovered that sensible-utils incorrectly validated strings
when launcher a browser with the sensible-browser tool. A remote attacker
could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted URL to conduct an
argument injection attack and execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 17.10:
-
sensible-utils
0.0.10ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
sensible-utils
0.0.9ubuntu0.16.04.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
sensible-utils
0.0.9ubuntu0.14.04.1
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
Source: USN-3584-1: sensible-utils vulnerability
