GLSA 202408-17: Nautilus: Denial of Service

Severity:normal
Title:Nautilus: Denial of Service
Date:08/09/2024
Bugs: #881509
ID:202408-17

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Nautilus, which can lead to a denial of service.

Background

Default file manager for the GNOME desktop

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
gnome-base/nautilus < 44.0 >= 44.0 All supported architectures

Description

Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact

GNOME Nautilus allows a NULL pointer dereference and get_basename application crash via a pasted ZIP archive.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Nautilus users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=gnome-base/nautilus-44.0"
        

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202408-17.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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