Ubuntu Update for apt-listchanges vulnerability USN-572-1

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Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-572-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Felipe Sateler discovered that apt-listchanges did not use safe paths when importing additional Python libraries. A local attacker could exploit this and execute arbitrary commands as the user running apt-listchanges.
Affected
apt-listchanges vulnerability on Ubuntu 7.04 , Ubuntu 7.10
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
High Severity
Classification
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