- security
- Numerous security holes in Tails 0.20.1
Several security holes affect Tails 0.20.1.
We strongly urge you to upgrade to Tails 0.21 as soon as possible in case you are still using an older version.
Details
- Tails:
- An attacker able to run arbitrary code as the desktop user could obtain the public IP.
- An attacker able to run arbitrary code as the desktop user could leverage this feature to gain persistent root access, as long as persistence was enabled.
- Iceweasel:
- GnuPG: Debian Security Advisory 2773
- libxml2: Debian Security Advisory 2779
- python-crypto: Debian Security Advisory 2781
- python-openssl: Debian Security Advisory 2763