USN-4332-1: File Roller vulnerability

20 April 2020

File Roller could be made to expose sensitive information.

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It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled symlinks.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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