USN-6141-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6141-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6141-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-6141-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2023-06-06T08:02:54Z
Modified
2026-02-10T04:43:09Z
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / xfce4-settings

Package

Name
xfce4-settings
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xfce4-settings@4.16.2-1ubuntu2.22.04.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.16.2-1ubuntu2.22.04.1

Affected versions

4.*
4.16.2-1ubuntu1
4.16.2-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.16.2-1ubuntu2.22.04.1",
            "binary_name": "xfce4-helpers"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.16.2-1ubuntu2.22.04.1",
            "binary_name": "xfce4-settings"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6141-1.json"
cves_map
{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2022-45062",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}