ubuntu-security-announce Digest, Vol 109, Issue 8

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Today's Topics:

1. [USN-2006-1] MySQL vulnerabilities (Marc Deslauriers)
2. [USN-2007-1] Apport vulnerability (Marc Deslauriers)
3. [USN-2008-1] Suds vulnerability (Marc Deslauriers)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:15:03 -0400
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-2006-1] MySQL vulnerabilities
Message-ID: <526963A7.4010104@canonical.com>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2006-1
October 24, 2013

mysql-5.5, mysql-dfsg-5.1 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in MySQL.

Software Description:
- mysql-5.5: MySQL database
- mysql-dfsg-5.1: MySQL database

Details:

Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes
new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues.

MySQL has been updated to 5.1.72 in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04 and Ubuntu 13.10 have been updated to
MySQL 5.5.34.

In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes,
new features, and possibly incompatible changes.

Please see the following for more information:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.1/en/news-5-1-72.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-34.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2013-1899837.html

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 13.10:
mysql-server-5.5 5.5.34-0ubuntu0.13.10.1

Ubuntu 13.04:
mysql-server-5.5 5.5.34-0ubuntu0.13.04.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
mysql-server-5.5 5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
mysql-server-5.5 5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
mysql-server-5.1 5.1.72-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2006-1
CVE-2013-3839, CVE-2013-5807

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/5.5.34-0ubuntu0.13.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/5.5.34-0ubuntu0.13.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/5.5.34-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-dfsg-5.1/5.1.72-0ubuntu0.10.04.1


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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:15:24 -0400
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-2007-1] Apport vulnerability
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2007-1
October 24, 2013

apport vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Apport could be made to expose privileged information.

Software Description:
- apport: automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Details:

Martin Carpenter discovered that Apport set incorrect permissions on core
dump files generated by setuid binaries. A local attacker could possibly
use this issue to obtain privileged information.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 13.10:
apport 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 13.04:
apport 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5

Ubuntu 12.10:
apport 2.6.1-0ubuntu13

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
apport 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2007-1
CVE-2013-1067

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.6.1-0ubuntu13
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6


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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:15:43 -0400
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-2008-1] Suds vulnerability
Message-ID: <526963CF.4090408@canonical.com>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2008-1
October 24, 2013

suds vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Suds could be made to overwrite files.

Software Description:
- suds: Lightweight SOAP client for Python

Details:

Ralph Loader discovered that Suds incorrectly handled temporary files. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files.
In the default installation of Ubuntu, this should be prevented by the Yama
link restrictions.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 13.04:
python-suds 0.4.1-5ubuntu0.13.04.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
python-suds 0.4.1-5ubuntu0.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
python-suds 0.4.1-2ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2008-1
CVE-2013-2217

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/suds/0.4.1-5ubuntu0.13.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/suds/0.4.1-5ubuntu0.12.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/suds/0.4.1-2ubuntu1.1


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