=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1906-1
July 16, 2013

file-roller vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10

Summary:

File Roller could be made to create or overwrite files.

Software Description:
- file-roller: archive manager for GNOME

Details:

Yorick Koster discovered that File Roller incorrectly sanitized paths. If a
user were tricked into extracting a specially-crafted archive, an attacker
could create and overwrite files outside of the extraction directory.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 13.04:
  file-roller                     3.6.3-1ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  file-roller                     3.6.1.1-0ubuntu1.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1906-1
  CVE-2013-4668

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/3.6.3-1ubuntu4.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/3.6.1.1-0ubuntu1.2


Ubuntu 1906-1: File Roller vulnerability

July 16, 2013
File Roller could be made to create or overwrite files.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.04: file-roller 3.6.3-1ubuntu4.1 Ubuntu 12.10: file-roller 3.6.1.1-0ubuntu1.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1906-1

CVE-2013-4668

Severity
July 16, 2013

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/3.6.3-1ubuntu4.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/3.6.1.1-0ubuntu1.2

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