============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1906-1 July 16, 2013 file-roller vulnerability ============================================================================ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 13.04 - Ubuntu 12.10 Summary: File Roller could be made to create or overwrite files. Software Description: - file-roller: archive manager for GNOME Details: Yorick Koster discovered that File Roller incorrectly sanitized paths. If a user were tricked into extracting a specially-crafted archive, an attacker could create and overwrite files outside of the extraction directory. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.04: file-roller 3.6.3-1ubuntu4.1 Ubuntu 12.10: file-roller 3.6.1.1-0ubuntu1.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1906-1 CVE-2013-4668 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/3.6.3-1ubuntu4.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/3.6.1.1-0ubuntu1.2