Ubuntu 6556-1: Budgie Extras vulnerabilities
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.10 - Ubuntu 23.04 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in budgie-extras. Software Description: - budgie-extras: Applet to provide an alternative means to launch applications Details: It was discovered that Budgie Extras incorrectly handled certain temporary file paths. An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject false information or deny access to the application. (CVE-2023-49342, CVE-2023-49343, CVE-2023-49347) Matthias Gerstner discovered that Budgie Extras incorrectly handled certain temporary file paths. A local attacker could use this to inject arbitrary PNG data in this path and have it displayed on the victim's desktop or deny access to the application. (CVE-2023-49344) Matthias Gerstner discovered that Budgie Extras incorrectly handled certain temporary file paths. A local attacker could use this to inject false information or deny access to the appli...
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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.10: budgie-clockworks-applet 1.7.0-3.0ubuntu1 budgie-dropby-applet 1.7.0-3.0ubuntu1 budgie-previews 1.7.0-3.0ubuntu1 budgie-takeabreak-applet 1.7.0-3.0ubuntu1 budgie-weathershow-applet 1.7.0-3.0ubuntu1 Ubuntu 23.04: budgie-clockworks-applet 1.6.0-1ubuntu0.1 budgie-dropby-applet 1.6.0-1ubuntu0.1 budgie-previews-applet 1.6.0-1ubuntu0.1 budgie-takeabreak-applet 1.6.0-1ubuntu0.1 budgie-weathershow-applet 1.6.0-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: budgie-clockworks-applet 1.4.0-1ubuntu3.1 budgie-dropby-applet 1.4.0-1ubuntu3.1 budgie-previews-applet 1.4.0-1ubuntu3.1 budgie-takeabreak-applet 1.4.0-1ubuntu3.1 budgie-weathershow-applet 1.4.0-1ubuntu3.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6556-1
CVE-2023-49342, CVE-2023-49343, CVE-2023-49344, CVE-2023-49345,
CVE-2023-49346, CVE-2023-49347
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/budgie-extras/1.7.0-3.0ubuntu1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/budgie-extras/1.6.0-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/budgie-extras/1.4.0-1ubuntu3.1