The following updates has been released for Ubuntu Linux:
USN-4124-2: Exim vulnerability
USN-4134-1: IBus vulnerability
USN-4124-2: Exim vulnerability
USN-4134-1: IBus vulnerability
USN-4124-2: Exim vulnerability
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4124-2
September 16, 2019
exim4 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Summary:
Exim could be made to run programs as an administrator if it received
specially crafted network traffic.
Software Description:
- exim4: Exim is a mail transport agent
Details:
USN-4124-1 fixed a vulnerability in Exim. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Exim incorrectly handled certain decoding
operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary commands.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
exim4-daemon-heavy 4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm1
exim4-daemon-light 4.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4124-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4124-1
CVE-2019-15846
USN-4134-1: IBus vulnerability
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4134-1
September 16, 2019
ibus vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary:
IBus would allow local users to capture key strokes of other locally logged
in users.
Software Description:
- ibus: Intelligent Input Bus - core
Details:
Simon McVittie discovered that IBus did not enforce appropriate access
controls on its private D-Bus socket. A local unprivileged user who
discovers the IBus socket address of another user could exploit this to
capture the key strokes of the other user.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04:
ibus 1.5.19-1ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
ibus 1.5.17-3ubuntu5.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
ibus 1.5.11-1ubuntu2.2
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4134-1
CVE-2019-14822
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus/1.5.19-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus/1.5.17-3ubuntu5.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus/1.5.11-1ubuntu2.2