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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0b9a568a --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<?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="200904-06"> + <title>Eye of GNOME: Untrusted search path</title> + <synopsis> + An untrusted search path vulnerability in the Eye of GNOME might result in + the execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">eog</product> + <announced>April 06, 2009</announced> + <revised>April 06, 2009: 01</revised> + <bug>257002</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="media-gfx/eog" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.22.3-r3</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.22.3-r3</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + The Eye of GNOME is the official image viewer for the GNOME Desktop + environment. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + James Vega reported an untrusted search path vulnerability in the + GObject Python interpreter wrapper in the Eye of GNOME, a vulnerabiliy + related to CVE-2008-5983. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A local attacker could entice a user to run the Eye of GNOME from a + directory containing a specially crafted python module, resulting in + the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running + the application. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Do not run "eog" from untrusted working directories. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Eye of GNOME users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/eog-2.22.3-r3"</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-2008-5987">CVE-2008-5987</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:38:51 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:40:09 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |