Explore top 10 tips to secure your open-source projects now. Read More

×
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 528
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 528

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-4139-1 Critical: File Roller Overwrite Risk

ubuntu
Calendar Grey September 25, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-4139-1 highlights a vulnerability in file roller that may lead to unauthorized file replacements of crucial content via TAR archives.
File Roller could be made to overwrite sensitive files if it received a specially crafted TAR file.

Summary

File Roller could be made to overwrite sensitive files if it received a

specially crafted TAR file.

Software Description:

- file-roller: archive manager for GNOME

Details:

It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled certain TAR files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite sensitive files

during extraction.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu overwrite sensitive files file roller archive manager

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  file-roller                     3.28.0-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  file-roller                     3.16.5-0ubuntu1.3

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4139-1

CVE-2019-16680

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

September 25, 2019

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu overwrite sensitive files file roller archive manager

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/3.28.0-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/3.16.5-0ubuntu1.3

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.