• Debian-LAN vulnerabilities

    From bugz_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 16:10:05
    debian-lan-config vulnerabilities

    A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
    derivatives:

    * Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

    Summary

    Debian-LAN could be made to change Kerberos user passwords or run
    programs as an administrator.

    Software Description

    * debian-lan-config - FAI config space for the Debian-LAN system

    Details

    Wolfgang Schweer discovered that Debian-LAN did not properly
    handle ACLs for the Kerberos admin server. A local attacker could
    possibly use this issue to change the passwords of other users,
    leading to root privilege escalation. (CVE-2019-3467)

    Update instructions

    The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
    following package versions:

    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    debian-lan-config - 0.23+deb9u1build0.18.04.1

    To update your system, please follow these instructions:
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

    In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
    changes.

    References

    * CVE-2019-3467

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