Doxygen could be made to run scripts as your login if it received a specially crafted query.
It was discovered that Doxygen incorrectly handled certain queries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code and compromise sensitive information.
3 June 2019
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Doxygen could be made to run scripts as your login if it received a specially crafted query.
It was discovered that Doxygen incorrectly handled certain queries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code and compromise sensitive information.
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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