1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4139-1

USN-4139-1: File Roller vulnerability

Publication date

25 September 2019

Overview

File Roller could be made to overwrite sensitive files if it received a specially crafted TAR file.

Releases

Packages

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.

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

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
18.04 bionic file-roller –  3.28.0-1ubuntu1.1
16.04 xenial file-roller –  3.16.5-0ubuntu1.3

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