USN-4539-1: AWL vulnerability
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4539-1
September 24, 2020
awl vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Summary:
DAViCal Andrew's Web Libraries could be made to run programs as your login
if it received specially crafted input.
Software Description:
- awl: PHP Utility Libraries
Details:
Andrew Bartlett discovered that DAViCal Andrew's Web Libraries (AWL) did
not properly manage session keys. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to impersonate a session. (CVE-2020-11728)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
libawl-php 0.60-1+deb10u1ubuntu1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4539-1
CVE-2020-11728
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/awl/0.60-1+deb10u1ubuntu1
An AWL security update has been released for Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS.