MGASA-2021-0306 - Updated thunar packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 30 Jun 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0306.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2021-32563

An issue was discovered in Thunar before 4.16.7 and 4.17.x before 4.17.2.
When called with a regular file as a command-line argument, it delegates to
a different program (based on the file type) without user confirmation.
This could be used to achieve code execution (CVE-2021-32563).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28904
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/09/2
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/3
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-32563

SRPMS:
- 8/core/thunar-4.16.8-1.mga8

Mageia 2021-0306: thunar security update

An issue was discovered in Thunar before 4.16.7 and 4.17.x before 4.17.2

Summary

An issue was discovered in Thunar before 4.16.7 and 4.17.x before 4.17.2. When called with a regular file as a command-line argument, it delegates to a different program (based on the file type) without user confirmation. This could be used to achieve code execution (CVE-2021-32563).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28904

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/09/2

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/3

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-32563

Resolution

MGASA-2021-0306 - Updated thunar packages fix a security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/thunar-4.16.8-1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 30 Jun 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0306.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-32563