USN-6141-1: xfce4-settings vulnerability
6 June 2023
xfce4-settings could be made to run programs with arbitrary arguments if it received specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- xfce4-settings - graphical application for managing Xfce settings
Details
Robin Peraglie and Johannes Moritz discovered that xfce4-settings
incorrectly parsed quoted input when processed through xdg-open.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject
arbitrary arguments into the default browser or file manager.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.