Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-981-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that libwww-perl incorrectly filtered filenames suggested by Content-Disposition headers. If a user were tricked into downloading a file from a malicious site, a remote attacker could overwrite hidden files in the user's directory.
Affected
libwww-perl vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 9.04 ,
Ubuntu 9.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-2253 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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