Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command in xfce4-settings - CVE-2022-45062

Vulnerability identifier: #VU69197

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45062

CWE-ID: CWE-88

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of arguments in xfce4-mime-helper. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted URL and execute arbitrary OS commands on the system.

xfce4-settings
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
Slackware Linux
openEuler
Ubuntu
xfce4-places-plugin
xfce4-screenshooter
xfce4-settings (Debian package)
xfce4-settings
xfce4-settings-debuginfo
xfce4-settings-debugsource
xfce4-settings (Ubuntu package)
xfce-base/xfce4-settings

Install updates from vendor's website.

xfce4-settings - addressed in versions 4.16.4, 4.17.1
xfce4-places-plugin - update to 1.8.3-1.fc37
xfce4-screenshooter - update to 1.10.0-1.fc37
xfce4-settings (Debian package) - update to 4.16.0-1+deb11u1
xfce4-settings - update to 4.16.0-2
xfce4-settings-debuginfo - update to 4.16.0-2
xfce4-settings-debugsource - update to 4.16.0-2
xfce4-settings (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4.16.2-1ubuntu2.22.04.1, 4.16.2-1ubuntu2.22.10.1
xfce4-settings - update to 4.16.4
xfce4-settings - addressed in versions 4.16.5-1.fc35, 4.16.5-1.fc37, 4.16.5-2.el8
xfce-base/xfce4-settings - update to 4.17.1

• 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

• Remote code execution in xfce4-settings
• Slackware Linux update for xfce4-settings
• Debian update for xfce4-settings
• Gentoo update for xfce4-settings
• Ubuntu update for xfce4-settings
• openEuler 22.03 LTS update for xfce4-settings
• Fedora 37 update for xfce4-places-plugin, xfce4-screenshooter, xfce4-settings
• Fedora 35 update for xfce4-settings
• Fedora EPEL 8 update for xfce4-settings