• Timeshift vulnerability

    From bugz_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Mon Mar 30 16:10:02 2020
    Timeshift vulnerability

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

    * Ubuntu 19.10

    Summary

    Timeshift could be made to run programs as an administrator.

    Software Description

    * timeshift - System restore utility

    Details

    Matthias Gerstner discovered that Timeshift did not securely
    create temporary files. An attacker could exploit a race condition
    in Timeshift and potentially execute arbitrary commands as root.

    Update instructions

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

    Ubuntu 19.10
    timeshift - 19.01+ds-2ubuntu0.1

    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-2020-10174

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: BZ&BZ BBS (21:4/110)