USN-4247-2: python-apt regression<\/p>\n
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:<\/p>\n
USN-4247-1 introduced a regression in python-apt.<\/p>\n
USN-4247-1 fixed vulnerabilities in python-apt. The updated packages caused
\na regression when attempting to upgrade to a new Ubuntu release. This
\nupdate fixes the problem.<\/p>\n
We apologize for the inconvenience.<\/p>\n
Original advisory details:<\/p>\n
It was discovered that python-apt would still use MD5 hashes to validate
\n certain downloaded packages. If a remote attacker were able to perform a
\n man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could potentially be used to install
\n altered packages. (CVE-2019-15795)<\/p>\n
It was discovered that python-apt could install packages from untrusted
\n repositories, contrary to expectations. (CVE-2019-15796)<\/p>\n
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:<\/p>\n
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades<\/a>.<\/p>\n In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.<\/p>\n Source: USN-4247-2: python-apt regression<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" USN-4247-2: python-apt regression python-apt regression A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary USN-4247-1 introduced a regression in python-apt. Software Description python-apt – Python interface to libapt-pkg Details USN-4247-1 fixed vulnerabilities in python-apt. The updated packages caused a regression when attempting to upgrade to a new Ubuntu release. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that python-apt would still use MD5 hashes to validate certain downloaded packages. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could potentially be used to install altered packages. (CVE-2019-15795) It was discovered that python-apt could install packages from untrusted repositories, contrary to expectations. (CVE-2019-15796) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the [ more… ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[586],"tags":[587],"class_list":["post-35187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ubuntu-usn","tag-ubuntu-usn"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35188,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35187\/revisions\/35188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}References<\/h2>\n
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