USN-4649-1: xdg-utils vulnerability

26 November 2020

xdg-utils could be made to expose sensitive information.

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Jens Mueller discovered that xdg-utils incorrectly handled certain URI.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

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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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