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Ubuntu 2020:1234-5 High Severity: Dolphin File Format Misuse Issue

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Calendar Grey June 14, 2018
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SUSE releases a minor patch for nautilus, correcting problems related to file type impersonation. Discover the details of the resolution.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for nautilus fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2017-14604: Fixed a file type spoofing attack by adding a metadata::trusted attribute to a file once the user acknowledges the file as trusted, and also remove the "trusted" content in the desktop file (bsc#1060031). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch sdksp4-nautilus-13654=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-nautilus-13654=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-nautilus-13654=1 Package List:

References

#1060031

Cross- CVE-2017-14604

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14604.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1060031

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1694-1
Rating: low

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