CVE catalog
CVE-2016-1579
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1579
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.77% · Oct 25, 2026
UDM provides support for running commands after a download is completed, this is currently made use of for click package installation. This functionality was not restricted to unconfined applications. Before UDM version 1.2+16.04.20160408-0ubuntu1 any confined application could make use of the UDM C++ API to run arbitrary commands in an unconfined environment as the phablet user.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-download-manager | 16.04 | 1.0+15.10.20150724-0ubuntu2~ppa2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-download-manager | 16.04 | 1.2+16.04.20151216.2-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-download-manager | 16.04 | 1.2+16.04.20151223.1-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-download-manager | 16.04 | 1.2+16.04.20160112.2-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-download-manager | 16.04 | 1.2+16.04.20160211-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-download-manager | 16.04 | 1.2+16.04.20160308-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-download-manager | 16.04 | 1.2+16.04.20160317-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-download-manager | 16.04 | 1.2+16.04.20160322-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-download-manager | 16.04 | 1.2+16.04.20160408-0ubuntu1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-download-manager | deb | 16.04 | 1.2+16.04.20160408-0ubuntu1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1579 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed: