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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-4332-2 Medium: File Roller Information Exposure

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Calendar Grey April 27, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Alert USN-4332-2 outlines a critical vulnerability in file-roller that may reveal confidential data. Discover measures to enhance your security today.
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:

USN-4332-1 fixed vulnerabilities in File Roller. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled symlinks.

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory medium severity Ubuntu information exposure file-roller archive manager

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  file-roller                     3.36.1-1ubuntu0.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4332-2

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

CVE-2020-11736

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April 27, 2020

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Topics Covered

security advisory medium severity Ubuntu information exposure file-roller archive manager

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/3.36.1-1ubuntu0.1

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