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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : xfce4-settings vulnerability (USN-6141-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 176744

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

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.

Solution

Update the affected xfce4-helpers and / or xfce4-settings packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6141-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 176744

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6141-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/6/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-45062

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xfce4-settings, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xfce4-helpers

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-45062

USN: 6141-1