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Unscored USN-4937-2 0 CVEs

gnome-autoar regression

Published Jun 7, 2021 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

USN-4937-1 fixed a vulnerability in GNOME Autoar. The update caused a
regression when extracting certain archives. This update fixes the problem.

Original advisory details:

Ondrej Holy discovered that GNOME Autoar could extract files outside of the
intended directory. If a user were tricked into extracting a specially
crafted archive, a remote attacker could create files in arbitrary
locations, possibly leading to code execution.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS gnome-autoar 0.2.3-1ubuntu0.4
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS gnome-autoar 0.2.3-2ubuntu0.4

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1929304