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author | Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org> | 2017-09-17 11:47:30 -0400 |
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committer | Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org> | 2017-09-17 11:47:30 -0400 |
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diff --git a/glsa-201709-07.xml b/glsa-201709-07.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..aebd775e --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-201709-07.xml @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="201709-07"> + <title>Kpathsea: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> + <synopsis>A vulnerability in Kpathsea allows remote attackers to execute + arbitrary commands by manipulating the -tex option from mpost program. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">kpathsea</product> + <announced>2017-09-17</announced> + <revised>2017-09-17: 1</revised> + <bug>612328</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-libs/kpathsea" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">6.2.2_p20160523</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">6.2.2_p20160523</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>Kpathsea is a library to do path searching. It is used by TeX Live and + others TeX related software. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p>It was discovered that the mpost program from the shell_escape_commands + list is capable of executing arbitrary external programs during the + conversion of .tex files. The responsible function is runpopen() + (texmfmp.c). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p>A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted .tex + file, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the + process. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All Kpathsea users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose + ">=dev-libs/kpathsea-6.2.2_p20160523" + </code> + + <p>Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools + such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages. + </p> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10243"> + CVE-2016-10243 + </uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-06-17T20:59:54Z">whissi</metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-09-17T15:47:02Z">chrisadr</metadata> +</glsa> |