Ubuntu alert USN-3074-1 (file-roller)

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Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@canonical.com> 
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ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com 
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[USN-3074-1] File Roller vulnerability 
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Thu, 8 Sep 2016 16:56:23 -0500
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<20160908215622.GA17124@boyd>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3074-1
September 08, 2016

file-roller vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

File Roller could be made to delete files.

Software Description:
- file-roller: archive manager for GNOME

Details:

It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled symlinks. If a user were
tricked into extracting a specially-crafted archive, an attacker could delete
files outside of the extraction directory.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  file-roller                     3.16.5-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  file-roller                     3.10.2.1-0ubuntu4.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3074-1

  CVE-2016-7162, https://launchpad.net/bugs/1171236


Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/3.16.5-0...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/3.10.2.1...

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