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Ubuntu 19.10: USN-4332-1 Moderate: file-roller Information Exposure

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Calendar Grey April 20, 2020
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4332-2 outlines a vulnerability in file-roller that may expose confidential information in multiple versions.
File Roller could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

File Roller could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:

- file-roller: archive manager for GNOME

Details:

It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled symlinks.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory information exposure ubuntu file roller archive manager

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
  file-roller                     3.32.2-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  file-roller                     3.28.0-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  file-roller                     3.16.5-0ubuntu1.4

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4332-1

CVE-2020-11736

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

April 20, 2020

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory information exposure ubuntu file roller archive manager

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/3.32.2-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/3.28.0-1ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/3.16.5-0ubuntu1.4

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