USN-2648-1: Aptdaemon vulnerability
Description
Tavis Ormandy discovered that Aptdeamon incorrectly handled the simulatedbus method. A local attacker could use this issue to possibly exposesensitive information, or perform other file access as the root user. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to makeall the necessary changes. CVE-2015-1323
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-aptdaemon
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