============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1543-1 August 20, 2012 libconfig-inifiles-perl vulnerability ============================================================================ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: Config-IniFiles could be made to overwrite arbitrary files. Software Description: - libconfig-inifiles-perl: Perl module for working with INI configuration files Details: It was discovered that the perl Config::IniFiles module created temporary files in an unsafe manner. A local user with write access to the directory containing a configuration file that Config-IniFiles manipulates could exploit this to overwrite arbitrary files. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libconfig-inifiles-perl 2.68-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 Ubuntu 11.10: libconfig-inifiles-perl 2.68-1ubuntu0.11.10.1 Ubuntu 11.04: libconfig-inifiles-perl 2.58-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libconfig-inifiles-perl 2.52-1ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1543-1 CVE-2012-2451 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libconfig-inifiles-perl/2.68-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libconfig-inifiles-perl/2.68-1ubuntu0.11.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libconfig-inifiles-perl/2.58-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libconfig-inifiles-perl/2.52-1ubuntu0.1