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Gentoo: GLSA 202305-05 Normal: xfce4-settings Browser Argument Injection

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Calendar Grey May 3, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The latest Gentoo Advisory GLSA 202305-05 highlights a moderate severity vulnerability related to browser injection within xfce4-settings. Users are urged to perform updates without delay.
A vulnerability has been discovered in xfce4-settings which could result in universal cross site scripting ("uXSS").

Summary

xfce4-settings does not sufficiently sanitize URLs opened via xdg4-mime- helper-tool (which is called when a user clicks a link in e.g. Firefox).

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo cross site scripting normal severity xfce4-settings browser injection

Resolution

All xfce4-settings users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=xfce-base/xfce4-settings-4.17.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-45062 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45062

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-05
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: xfce4-settings: Browser Argument Injection
Date: May 03, 2023
Bugs: #880257
ID: 202305-05

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo cross site scripting normal severity xfce4-settings browser injection

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in xfce4-settings which could result in universal cross site scripting ("uXSS").

Background

xfce4-settings contains the configuration system for the Xfce desktop environment.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 xfce-base/xfce4-settings < 4.17.1 >= 4.17.1

Impact

===== The vulnerability can be leveraged into 1-click universal cross site scripting in some browsers, or potentially other unspecified impact.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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