UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1579

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1579

    Published: 22 Apr 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-1579

    Summary:

    Details: UDM provides support for running commands after a download is completed, this is currently made use of for click package installation. This functionality was not restricted to unconfined applications. Before UDM version 1.2+16.04.20160408-0ubuntu1 any confined application could make use of the UDM C++ API to run arbitrary commands in an unconfined environment as the phablet user.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1579, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1579

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ubuntu-download-manager

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+16.04.20160408-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2+16.04.20160408-0ubuntu1

    Affected versions

    1.0+15.10.20150724-0ubuntu2~ppa2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High