Ubuntu Security Notice 2845-1 - Dolev Farhi discovered an information disclosure issue in SoS. If the /etc/fstab file contained passwords, the passwords were included in the SoS report. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Mateusz Guzik discovered that SoS incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files or gain access to temporary file contents containing sensitive system information. Various other issues were also addressed.
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==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2845-1
December 18, 2015
sosreport vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
sosreport could be made to expose sensitive information or overwrite files
as the administrator.
Software Description:
- sosreport: Set of tools to gather troubleshooting data from a system
Details:
Dolev Farhi discovered an information disclosure issue in SoS. If the
/etc/fstab file contained passwords, the passwords were included in the
SoS report. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-3925)
Mateusz Guzik discovered that SoS incorrectly handled temporary files. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files
or gain access to temporary file contents containing sensitive system
information. (CVE-2015-7529)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 15.10:
sosreport 3.2-2ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 15.04:
sosreport 3.2-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
sosreport 3.1-1ubuntu2.2
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2845-1
CVE-2014-3925, CVE-2015-7529
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sosreport/3.2-2ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sosreport/3.2-2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sosreport/3.1-1ubuntu2.2