aria2: Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2019.1573
                      USN-3965-1: aria2 vulnerability
                                7 May 2019

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           aria2
Publisher:         Ubuntu
Operating System:  Ubuntu
Impact/Access:     Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2019-3500  

Reference:         ESB-2019.0183

Original Bulletin: 
   https://usn.ubuntu.com/3965-1/

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USN-3965-1: aria2 vulnerability
6 May 2019

aria2 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  o Ubuntu 19.04
  o Ubuntu 18.10

Summary

aria2 stores authentication information in plain text.

Software Description

  o aria2 - High speed command-line download utility

Details

Dhiraj Mishra discovered that aria2 incorrectly stored authentication
information. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
credentials.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:

Ubuntu 19.04
    aria2 - 1.34.0-3ubuntu0.1
    libaria2-0 - 1.34.0-3ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.10
    aria2 - 1.34.0-2ubuntu0.1
    libaria2-0 - 1.34.0-2ubuntu0.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://
wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades .

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  o CVE-2019-3500

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