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Package "python-software-properties"

Name: python-software-properties

Description:

manage the repositories that you install software from
Latest version: 0.82.7.5
Release: precise (12.04)
Level: security
Repository: main
Head package: software-properties

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base main 0.82.7
updates main 0.82.7.7
PPA: Mint Upstream 2.0.0.2
PPA: Mint Upstream 1.8.8

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Version: 0.82.7.5 2013-09-18 15:08:14 UTC

  software-properties (0.82.7.5) precise-security; urgency=low

  * SECURITY UPDATE: possible privilege escalation via policykit UID lookup
    race.
    - softwareproperties/dbus/SoftwarePropertiesDBus.py: pass
      system-bus-name as a subject instead of pid so policykit can get the
      information from the system bus.
    - CVE-2013-1061
 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Fri, 13 Sep 2013 10:07:44 -0400
Source diff to previous version
CVE-2013-1061 RESERVED

Version: 0.82.7.3 2012-10-01 18:06:58 UTC

  software-properties (0.82.7.3) precise-security; urgency=low

  * SECURITY UPDATE: improve gpg key validation to prevent MITM attack
    (LP: #1016643)
    - softwareproperties/ppa.py: download gpg key to temporary keyring, and
      validate using v4 fingerprint before importing to apt keyring.
 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:17:57 -0400


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