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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2023.6141.1
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6141-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'xfce4-settings' package(s) announced via the USN-6141-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'xfce4-settings' package(s) announced via the USN-6141-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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.

Affected Software/OS:
'xfce4-settings' package(s) on Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 22.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-45062
Debian Security Information: DSA-5296 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5296
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XGTGTTPFHDUB3EZHVKDK4H32QUUYPPFF/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-05
https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/commit/55e3c5fb667e96ad1412cf249879262b369d28d7
https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/commit/f34a92a84f96268ad24a7a13fd5edc9f1d526110
https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/issues/390
https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/tags
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