rhsa-2025:7672
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2025-05-15 13:05
Modified
2025-05-15 16:26
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: xdg-utils security update

Notes

Topic
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.
Details
The xdg-utils package is a set of simple scripts that provide basic desktop integration functions for any Free Desktop. Security Fix(es): * xdg-utils: improper parse of mailto URIs allows bypass of Thunderbird security mechanism for attachments (CVE-2022-4055) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Terms of Use
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