Security Advisory SA42828 - Ubuntu update for apparmor

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Secunia Advisory SA42828

Ubuntu update for apparmor

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SA42828

Release Date

2011-01-07

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Criticality level

Not critical

Impact

Security Bypass

Where

Local system

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Solution Status

Vendor Patch

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Operating System

Ubuntu Linux 10.04

Ubuntu Linux 10.10

Ubuntu Linux 9.10

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CVE Reference(s)

No CVE references.

Description

Ubuntu has issued an update for apparmor. This fixes a weakness, which can be exploited to bypass certain security restrictions.

The weakness is causes due to an error when parsing certain malformed profiles, which can lead to AppArmor's parser generating policies with unconfined fallback execute transitions.

Solution
Apply updated packages.
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Original Advisory
USN-1039-1:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2011-January/001222.html

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