glsa-200903-41.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200903-41">
  <title>gedit: Untrusted search path</title>
  <synopsis>
    A vulnerability in gedit might allow local attackers to execute arbitrary
    code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">gedit</product>
  <announced>March 30, 2009</announced>
  <revised>March 30, 2009: 01</revised>
  <bug>257004</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-editors/gedit" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="rge">2.22.3-r1</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="ge">2.24.3</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.24.3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    gedit is a text editor for the GNOME desktop.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    James Vega reported that gedit uses the current working directory when
    searching for python modules, a vulnerability related to CVE-2008-5983.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A local attacker could entice a user to open gedit from a specially
    crafted environment, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary
    code with the privileges of the user running the application.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    Do not run gedit from untrusted working directories.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All gedit 2.22.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-editors/gedit-2.22.3-r1&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All gedit 2.24.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-editors/gedit-2.24.3&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5983">CVE-2008-5983</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0314">CVE-2009-0314</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:17:57 +0000">
    a3li
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:46:10 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:46:20 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
</glsa>