USN-3704-1: devscripts vulnerability

5 July 2018

devscripts could be made to run arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted YAML file.

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It was discovered that devscripts incorrectly handled certain YAML files.
An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.

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

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

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