1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4649-1

USN-4649-1: xdg-utils vulnerability

Publication date

26 November 2020

Overview

xdg-utils could be made to expose sensitive information.

Releases

Packages

  • xdg-utils - desktop integration utilities from freedesktop.org

Details

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

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

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
20.10 groovy xdg-utils –  1.1.3-2ubuntu1.20.10.1
20.04 focal xdg-utils –  1.1.3-2ubuntu1.20.04.1
18.04 bionic xdg-utils –  1.1.2-1ubuntu2.4
16.04 xenial xdg-utils –  1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.4

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