filelock Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Symlink Vulnerability in SoftFileLock

Vulnerability Summary Title: Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use TOCTOU Symlink Vulnerability in SoftFileLock Affected Component: filelock package - SoftFileLock class File: src/filelock/soft.py lines 17-27 CWE: CWE-362, CWE-367, CWE-59 --- Description A TOCTOU race condition vulnerability exists in the...

USN-4171-2 apport vulnerabilities

USN-4171-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in apport. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Kevin Backhouse discovered Apport would read its user-controlled settings file as the root user. This could be used by a local attacker to possibly...