Packages
- gnome-autoar - Archive integration support for GNOME
Details
USN-4733-1 fixed a vulnerability in GNOME Autoar. The upstream fix
introduced a regression when extracting archives containing directories.
This update fixes the problem.
Original advisory details:
Yiğit Can Yılmaz 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.
USN-4733-1 fixed a vulnerability in GNOME Autoar. The upstream fix
introduced a regression when extracting archives containing directories.
This update fixes the problem.
Original advisory details:
Yiğit Can Yılmaz 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
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 20.10 groovy | libgnome-autoar-0-0 – 0.2.4-2ubuntu0.2 | ||
| libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0 – 0.2.4-2ubuntu0.2 | |||
| 20.04 focal | libgnome-autoar-0-0 – 0.2.3-2ubuntu0.2 | ||
| libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0 – 0.2.3-2ubuntu0.2 | |||
| 18.04 bionic | libgnome-autoar-0-0 – 0.2.3-1ubuntu0.2 | ||
| libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0 – 0.2.3-1ubuntu0.2 | |||
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