usbmuxd could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted input.
It was discovered that usbmuxd did not correctly perform bounds checking when processing the SerialNumber field of USB devices. An attacker with physical access could use this to crash usbmuxd or potentially execute arbitrary code as the ‘usbmux’ user.
1 February 2012
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
usbmuxd could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted input.
It was discovered that usbmuxd did not correctly perform bounds checking when processing the SerialNumber field of USB devices. An attacker with physical access could use this to crash usbmuxd or potentially execute arbitrary code as the ‘usbmux’ user.
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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