USN-8109-1: Debian Goodies vulnerability

Publication date

18 March 2026

Overview

Debian Goodies could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

Details

Jakub Wilk discovered that debmany in Debian Goodies incorrectly handled
certain deb files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary shell commands.

Jakub Wilk discovered that debmany in Debian Goodies incorrectly handled
certain deb files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary shell commands.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.04 LTS noble debian-goodies –  0.88.1ubuntu1.3
18.04 LTS bionic debian-goodies –  0.79ubuntu0.1~esm1  
16.04 LTS xenial debian-goodies –  0.64ubuntu0.1~esm1  
14.04 LTS trusty debian-goodies –  0.63ubuntu1+esm1  

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