Access Restriction Bypass Affecting ubuntu-download-manager package, versions <1.2+16.04.20160408-0ubuntu1
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1610-UBUNTUDOWNLOADMANAGER-271802
- published27 Jun 2018
- disclosed22 Apr 2019
Introduced: 27 Jun 2018
CVE-2016-1579 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.10 ubuntu-download-manager to version 1.2+16.04.20160408-0ubuntu1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ubuntu-download-manager package and not the ubuntu-download-manager package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.10 relevant fixed versions and status.
UDM provides support for running commands after a download is completed, this is currently made use of for click package installation. This functionality was not restricted to unconfined applications. Before UDM version 1.2+16.04.20160408-0ubuntu1 any confined application could make use of the UDM C++ API to run arbitrary commands in an unconfined environment as the phablet user.