=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-721-1 February 17, 2009 fglrx-installer vulnerability https://launchpad.net/bugs/323327 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.10: xorg-driver-fglrx 2:8.543-0ubuntu4.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Marko Lindqvist discovered that the fglrx installer created an unsafe LD_LIBRARY_PATH on 64bit systems. If a user were tricked into downloading specially crafted libraries and running commands in the same directory, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Updated packages for Ubuntu 8.10: Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/restricted/f/fglrx-installer/fglrx-installer_8.543-0ubuntu4.1.diff.gz Size/MD5: 26000 8fd05a4ab9e9f04c59ed5b731bcacd8b http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/restricted/f/fglrx-installer/fglrx-installer_8.543-0ubuntu4.1.dsc Size/MD5: 1443 e7dee56d6c645ff3bce0c3093af205e3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/restricted/f/fglrx-installer/fglrx-installer_8.543.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5: 47046692 6abc8e86f1a00168ba8f43d58f71cb69 amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon): http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/fglrx-installer/fglrx-modaliases_8.543-0ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb Size/MD5: 10938 8f0014e73c06b1fd0e586359067641c7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/f/fglrx-installer/libamdxvba1_8.543-0ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb Size/MD5: 846038 8982e97324d57a3db0072123d2406a56 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/restricted/f/fglrx-installer/fglrx-amdcccle_8.543-0ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb Size/MD5: 6630112 72d48d2e40f3bb63b7ad9b66367d5dca http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/restricted/f/fglrx-installer/fglrx-kernel-source_8.543-0ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb Size/MD5: 1430276 cd88c1a040f050472b82406308e28ec5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/restricted/f/fglrx-installer/xorg-driver-fglrx-dev_8.543-0ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb Size/MD5: 83402 8b2fc26c7f1e2417613e543428d5b21f http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/restricted/f/fglrx-installer/xorg-driver-fglrx_8.543-0ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb Size/MD5: 17264298 e26cff93ff7eb4cddede61ea41b81aee i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD): http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/fglrx-installer/fglrx-modaliases_8.543-0ubuntu4.1_i386.deb Size/MD5: 10938 2fc0c5d1a8c799df60ee474b10e57e0a http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/f/fglrx-installer/libamdxvba1_8.543-0ubuntu4.1_i386.deb Size/MD5: 412474 c23a19c9e238b0cc8986b98910c0da9d http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/restricted/f/fglrx-installer/fglrx-amdcccle_8.543-0ubuntu4.1_i386.deb Size/MD5: 6749062 80263acaf045f9a196d8a2486dc42969 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/restricted/f/fglrx-installer/fglrx-kernel-source_8.543-0ubuntu4.1_i386.deb Size/MD5: 1368946 18257688f659b91d95746e1b509edc5d http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/restricted/f/fglrx-installer/xorg-driver-fglrx-dev_8.543-0ubuntu4.1_i386.deb Size/MD5: 78658 537cc59d4b86274114f0eeb5febdf283 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/restricted/f/fglrx-installer/xorg-driver-fglrx_8.543-0ubuntu4.1_i386.deb Size/MD5: 11915472 d392662d6ecefae8992c12c0356b63fa