• AWL vulnerability

    From bugz_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Thursday, September 24, 2020 16:10:07
    awl vulnerability

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

    * Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

    Summary

    DAViCal Andrew's Web Libraries could be made to run programs as
    your login if it received specially crafted input.

    Software Description

    * awl - PHP Utility Libraries

    Details

    Andrew Bartlett discovered that DAViCal Andrew's Web Libraries
    (AWL) did not properly manage session keys. An attacker could
    possibly use this issue to impersonate a session. (CVE-2020-11728)

    Update instructions

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

    Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    libawl-php - 0.60-1+deb10u1ubuntu1

    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-2020-11728

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    * Origin: BZ&BZ BBS (21:4/110)