USN-3074-1: File Roller vulnerability

Publication date

8 September 2016

Overview

File Roller could be made to delete files.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled symlinks. If a user were
tricked into extracting a specially-crafted archive, an attacker could delete
files outside of the extraction directory.

It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled symlinks. If a user were
tricked into extracting a specially-crafted archive, an attacker could delete
files outside of the extraction directory.

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
16.04 LTS xenial file-roller –  3.16.5-0ubuntu1.2
14.04 LTS trusty file-roller –  3.10.2.1-0ubuntu4.2

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