Mageia 8: 2021-0306 Moderate: Thunar Code Execution Risk Fix
mageia
June 30, 2021
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://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32563
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 8/core/thunar-4.16.8-1.mga8
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Publication date: 30 Jun 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0306.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-32563
Topics Covered
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