Shotwell could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
It was discovered that Shotwell is vulnerable to an information disclosure in the web publishing plugins resulting in potential password and oauth token plaintext transmission.
7 August 2017
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Shotwell could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
It was discovered that Shotwell is vulnerable to an information disclosure in the web publishing plugins resulting in potential password and oauth token plaintext transmission.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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.
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