Ubuntu Security Notice 1593-1 - Raphael Geissert discovered that the debdiff.pl tool incorrectly handled shell metacharacters. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted filename, a remote attacher could possibly execute arbitrary code. Raphael Geissert discovered that the dscverify tool incorrectly escaped arguments to external commands. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted files, a remote attacher could possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.
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