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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-5557): tracker-miners vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-5557): tracker-miners vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/13/2023
Created
11/24/2023
Added
11/23/2023
Modified
11/23/2023

Description

A flaw was found in the tracker-miners package. A weakness in the sandbox allows a maliciously-crafted file to execute code outside the sandbox if the tracker-extract process has first been compromised by a separate vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-tracker-extract

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