N/A - USN-2618-1

Executive Summary

Summary
Title	python-dbusmock vulnerability

Informations
Name	USN-2618-1	First vendor Publication	2015-05-21
Vendor	Ubuntu	Last vendor Modification	2015-05-21
Severity (Vendor)	N/A	Revision	N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score	NA
Base Score	NA	Environmental Score	NA
impact SubScore	NA	Temporal Score	NA
Exploitabality Sub Score	NA

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector :
Cvss Base Score	Not Defined	Attack Range	Not Defined
Cvss Impact Score	Not Defined	Attack Complexity	Not Defined
Cvss Expoit Score	Not Defined	Authentication	Not Defined
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Detail

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

- Ubuntu 15.04 - Ubuntu 14.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

python-dbusmock could be tricked into running arbitrary programs.

Software Description: - python-dbusmock: mock D-Bus objects for tests

Details:

It was discovered that python-dbusmock incorrectly handled template loading from shared directories. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
python-dbusmock 0.14-1ubuntu2
python3-dbusmock 0.14-1ubuntu2

Ubuntu 14.10:
python-dbusmock 0.11.4-1ubuntu1
python3-dbusmock 0.11.4-1ubuntu1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
python-dbusmock 0.10.1-1ubuntu1
python3-dbusmock 0.10.1-1ubuntu1

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2618-1
CVE-2015-1326

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-dbusmock/0.14-1ubuntu2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-dbusmock/0.11.4-1ubuntu1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-dbusmock/0.10.1-1ubuntu1