A GNOME Autoar security update has been released for Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, and 20.10.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4733-1
February 11, 2021
gnome-autoar vulnerability
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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:
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:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 20.10:
libgnome-autoar-0-0 0.2.4-2ubuntu0.1
libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0 0.2.4-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
libgnome-autoar-0-0 0.2.3-2ubuntu0.1
libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0 0.2.3-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libgnome-autoar-0-0 0.2.3-1ubuntu0.1
libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0 0.2.3-1ubuntu0.1
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4733-1
CVE-2020-36241
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-autoar/0.2.4-2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-autoar/0.2.3-2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-autoar/0.2.3-1ubuntu0.1
