Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1457-1 ant -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
05 Aug 2018
Affected Packages:
ant
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 904191.
More information:

The fix for CVE-2018-10886 was incomplete in the previous upload. New changes was implemented upstream which check and resolve symlinks before expanding the archives.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.4-3+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your ant packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS