USN-6504-1: tracker-miners vulnerability

Publication date

22 November 2023

Overview

A system hardening measure could be bypassed.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that tracker-miners incorrectly handled sandboxing. If a
second security issue was discovered in tracker-miners, an attacker
could possibly use this issue in combination with it to escape the sandbox.

It was discovered that tracker-miners incorrectly handled sandboxing. If a
second security issue was discovered in tracker-miners, an attacker
could possibly use this issue in combination with it to escape the sandbox.

Update instructions

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. 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
23.10 mantic tracker-extract –  3.4.6-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
23.04 lunar tracker-extract –  3.4.6-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
22.04 jammy tracker-extract –  3.3.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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