Red Hat Security Advisory: xdg-utils security update
An update for xdg-utils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-4055US | high7.4 | — | ||
When xdg-mail is configured to use thunderbird for mailto URLs, improper parsing of the URL can lead to additional headers being passed to thunderbird that should not be included p… | ||||
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remediations (4)
- Fixedxdg-utils-0:1.1.3-13.el9_6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7672 - Fixedxdg-utils-0:1.1.3-13.el9_6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7672 - Workaroundxdg-utils-0:1.1.3-13.el9_6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
To mitigate this flaw, either: 1. Do not use mailto links at all 2. Always double-check in the user interface that there are no unwanted attachments before sending emails; especially when the email originates from clicking a mailto link.
- Workaroundxdg-utils-0:1.1.3-13.el9_6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
To mitigate this flaw, either: 1. Do not use mailto links at all 2. Always double-check in the user interface that there are no unwanted attachments before sending emails; especially when the email originates from clicking a mailto link.
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