=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4937-1
May 06, 2021

gnome-autoar vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

GNOME Autoar could be made to overwrite files.

Software Description:
- gnome-autoar: Archive integration support for GNOME

Details:

Ondrej Holy discovered that GNOME Autoar could extract files outside of the
intended directory. If a user were tricked into extracting a specially
crafted archive, a remote attacker could create files in arbitrary
locations, possibly leading to code execution.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.10:
  libgnome-autoar-0-0             0.2.4-2ubuntu0.3
  libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0         0.2.4-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libgnome-autoar-0-0             0.2.3-2ubuntu0.3
  libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0         0.2.3-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libgnome-autoar-0-0             0.2.3-1ubuntu0.3
  libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0         0.2.3-1ubuntu0.3

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4937-1
  CVE-2021-28650

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-autoar/0.2.4-2ubuntu0.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-autoar/0.2.3-2ubuntu0.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-autoar/0.2.3-1ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 4937-1: GNOME Autoar vulnerability

May 6, 2021
GNOME Autoar could be made to overwrite files.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.10: libgnome-autoar-0-0 0.2.4-2ubuntu0.3 libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0 0.2.4-2ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libgnome-autoar-0-0 0.2.3-2ubuntu0.3 libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0 0.2.3-2ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libgnome-autoar-0-0 0.2.3-1ubuntu0.3 libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0 0.2.3-1ubuntu0.3 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4937-1

CVE-2021-28650

Severity
May 06, 2021

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-autoar/0.2.4-2ubuntu0.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-autoar/0.2.3-2ubuntu0.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-autoar/0.2.3-1ubuntu0.3

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