USN-3300-1: juju-core vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3300-1

26th May, 2017

juju-core vulnerability

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

• Ubuntu 17.04



• Ubuntu 16.10



• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS



• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software description

• juju-core
  - next generation service orchestration system
  
  

Details

Ryan Beisner discovered juju did not set permissions on a Unix domain
socket. A local attacker could use this flaw to gain administrative
privileges.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.04:

Ubuntu 16.10:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

To update your system, please follow these instructions: