[USN-5786-1] GNOME Files vulnerability

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5786-1
January 05, 2023

nautilus vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

GNOME Files could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- nautilus: file manager and graphical shell for GNOME

Details:

It was discovered that GNOME Files incorrectly handled certain filenames.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNOME Files to crash,
leading to a denial of service.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.10:
   nautilus                        1:43.0-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   nautilus                        1:42.2-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   nautilus                        1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1.20.04.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
   nautilus                        1:3.26.4-0~ubuntu18.04.6

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5786-1
   CVE-2022-37290

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/1:43.0-1ubuntu2.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/1:42.2-0ubuntu2.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/1:3.36.3-0ubuntu1.20.04.2
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/1:3.26.4-0~ubuntu18.04.6
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