Category Archives: Advisories

USN-5446-2: dpkg vulnerability

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USN-5446-1 fixed a vulnerability in dpkg. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Max Justicz discovered that dpkg incorrectly handled unpacking certain
source packages. If a user or an automated system were tricked into
unpacking a specially crafted source package, a remote attacker could
modify files outside the target unpack directory, leading to a denial of
service or potentially gaining access to the system.

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CVE-2022-1203

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The Content Mask WordPress plugin before 1.8.4.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in various AJAX actions, as well as does not validate the option to be updated to ensure it belongs to the plugin. As a result, any authenticated user, such as subscriber could modify arbitrary blog options

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