USN-6141-1: xfce4-settings vulnerability

Publication date

6 June 2023

Overview

xfce4-settings could be made to run programs with arbitrary arguments if it received specially crafted input.


Packages

Details

Robin Peraglie and Johannes Moritz discovered that xfce4-settings
incorrectly parsed quoted input when processed through xdg-open.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject
arbitrary arguments into the default browser or file manager.

Robin Peraglie and Johannes Moritz discovered that xfce4-settings
incorrectly parsed quoted input when processed through xdg-open.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject
arbitrary arguments into the default browser or file manager.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will 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
22.10 kinetic xfce4-settings –  4.16.2-1ubuntu2.22.10.1
22.04 jammy xfce4-settings –  4.16.2-1ubuntu2.22.04.1

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