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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-12.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-12.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..97e12d2b --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-12.xml @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200711-12"> + <title>Tomboy: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> + <synopsis> + Tomboy doesn't properly handle environment variables, potentially allowing + a local attacker to execute arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">tomboy</product> + <announced>November 08, 2007</announced> + <revised>November 08, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>189249</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-misc/tomboy" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.8.1-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.8.1-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Tomboy is a GTK-based desktop note-taking application written in C# and + the Mono C#. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Jan Oravec reported that the "/usr/bin/tomboy" script sets the + "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" environment variable incorrectly, which might result + in the current working directory (.) to be included when searching for + dynamically linked libraries of the Mono Runtime application. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A local attacker could entice a user into running Tomboy in a directory + containing a specially crafted library file to execute arbitrary code + with the privileges of the user running Tomboy. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Do not run Tomboy from an untrusted working directory. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Tomboy users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/tomboy-0.8.1-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4790">CVE-2005-4790</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:11:29 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:11:22 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:11:35 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> +</glsa> |