USN-2771-1

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    USN-2771-1

    Published: 15 Oct 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: click vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that click did not properly perform input sanitization during click package installation. If a user were tricked into installing a crafted click package, a remote attacker could exploit this to escalate privileges by tricking click into installing lenient security policy for the installed application.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2771-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8768, https://launchpad.net/bugs/1506467

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: click

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.4.21.1ubuntu0.2

    Affected versions

    0.4.11
    0.4.12
    0.4.13
    0.4.14
    0.4.15
    0.4.16
    0.4.17.2
    0.4.18.1
    0.4.18.3
    0.4.19
    0.4.20
    0.4.21.1

    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