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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.1989
USN-4002-1: Doxygen vulnerability
4 June 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: doxygen
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Impact/Access: Cross-site Scripting -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-10245
Reference: ESB-2019.1960
Original Bulletin:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4002-1/
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USN-4002-1: Doxygen vulnerability
3 June 2019
doxygen vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
o Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Doxygen could be made to run scripts as your login if it received a specially
crafted query.
Software Description
o doxygen - Documentation system for C, C++, Java, Python and other languages
Details
It was discovered that Doxygen incorrectly handled certain queries. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code and compromise
sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
doxygen - 1.8.11-1ubuntu0.1
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-2016-10245
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