In Xfce xfce4-settings before 4.16.4 and 4.17.x before 4.17.1, there is an argument injection vulnerability in xfce4-mime-helper.

The remote Fedora 37 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-7febff96e0 advisory.

    updates to screenshooter,settings, and places-plugin


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6141-1 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202305-05 (xfce4-settings: Browser Argument Injection)

  - In Xfce xfce4-settings before 4.16.4 and 4.17.x before 4.17.1, there is an argument injection     vulnerability in xfce4-mime-helper. (CVE-2022-45062)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5296 advisory.

  - In Xfce xfce4-settings before 4.16.4 and 4.17.x before 4.17.1, there is an argument injection     vulnerability in xfce4-mime-helper. (CVE-2022-45062)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of xfce4-settings installed on the remote host is prior to 4.16.4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2022-313-02 advisory.

  - In Xfce xfce4-settings before 4.16.4 and 4.17.x before 4.17.1, there is an argument injection     vulnerability in xfce4-mime-helper. (CVE-2022-45062)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
211109	Fedora 37 : xfce4-places-plugin / xfce4-screenshooter / xfce4-settings (2022-7febff96e0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
176744	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : xfce4-settings vulnerability (USN-6141-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
175038	GLSA-202305-05 : xfce4-settings: Browser Argument Injection	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
168424	Debian DSA-5296-1 : xfce4-settings - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
167230	Slackware Linux 15.0 / current xfce4-settings Vulnerability (SSA:2022-313-02)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	critical

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