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Ubuntu 23.10: USN-6504-1 Critical Tracker-Miners Sandbox Escape

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Calendar Grey November 22, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6505-1 outlines a vulnerability in tracker-miners spanning various versions, associated with a sandboxing flaw.
A system hardening measure could be bypassed.

Summary

A system hardening measure could be bypassed.

Software Description:

- tracker-miners: Metadata database, indexer and search tool

Details:

It was discovered that tracker-miners incorrectly handled sandboxing. If a

second security issue was discovered in tracker-miners, an attacker

could possibly use this issue in combination with it to escape the sandbox.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
   tracker-extract                 3.4.6-0ubuntu0.23.10.1

Ubuntu 23.04:
   tracker-extract                 3.4.6-0ubuntu0.23.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   tracker-extract                 3.3.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6504-1

CVE-2023-5557

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6504-1

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Topics Covered

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tracker-miners/3.4.6-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tracker-miners/3.3.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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