USN-4649-1: xdg-utils vulnerability
26 November 2020
xdg-utils could be made to expose sensitive information.
Releases
Packages
- xdg-utils - desktop integration utilities from freedesktop.org
Details
Jens Mueller discovered that xdg-utils incorrectly handled certain URI.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 20.10
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.