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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-6655): GTK vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-6655): GTK vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/16/2024
Created
07/17/2024
Added
07/17/2024
Modified
07/17/2024

Description

It was discovered that GTK would attempt to load modules from the current directory, contrary to expectations. If users started GTK applications from shared directories, a local attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code, and possibly escalate privileges.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgail-3-0t64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgtk-3-0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgtk2-0-0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgtk2-0-0t64

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