========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4733-1 February 11, 2021 gnome-autoar vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.10 - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: GNOME Autoar could be made to overwrite files. Software Description: - gnome-autoar: Archive integration support for GNOME Details: Yiğit Can Yılmaz 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. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.10: libgnome-autoar-0-0 0.2.4-2ubuntu0.1 libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0 0.2.4-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libgnome-autoar-0-0 0.2.3-2ubuntu0.1 libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0 0.2.3-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libgnome-autoar-0-0 0.2.3-1ubuntu0.1 libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0 0.2.3-1ubuntu0.1 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes. References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4733-1 CVE-2020-36241 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-autoar/0.2.4-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-autoar/0.2.3-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-autoar/0.2.3-1ubuntu0.1