USN-4077-1

It was discovered that tmpreaper incorrectly handled certain mount operations. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to create arbitrary files, leading to privilege escalation.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / tmpreaper

Package

Name: tmpreaper
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tmpreaper@1.6.13+nmu1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.6.13+nmu1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.13+nmu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "tmpreaper",
            "binary_version": "1.6.13+nmu1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / tmpreaper

Package

Name: tmpreaper
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tmpreaper@1.6.13+nmu1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.6.13+nmu1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.13+nmu1

1.6.13+nmu1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "tmpreaper",
            "binary_version": "1.6.13+nmu1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}