USN-6141-1

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    USN-6141-1

    Published: 6 Jun 2023Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: xfce4-settings vulnerability

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6141-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-45062

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xfce4-settings

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=jammy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.16.2-1ubuntu2.22.04.1

    Affected versions

    4.16.2-1ubuntu1
    4.16.2-1ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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