USN-4139-1: File Roller vulnerability
file-roller vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
File Roller could be made to overwrite sensitive files if it received a
specially crafted TAR file.
Software Description
- file-roller – archive manager for GNOME
Details
It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled certain TAR files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite sensitive files
during extraction.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- file-roller – 3.28.0-1ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- file-roller – 3.16.5-0ubuntu1.3
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-4139-1: File Roller vulnerability
