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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201708-07">
<title>evilvte: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code </title>
<synopsis>Improper hypertext validation might allow remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">evilvte</product>
<announced>2017-08-21</announced>
<revised count="2">2017-08-26</revised>
<bug>611290</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="x11-terms/evilvte" auto="yes" arch="*">
<vulnerable range="le">0.5.1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>VTE based, highly customizable terminal emulator</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>Steve Kemp of Debian identified a flaw in evilvte which does not
properly validate hypertext links. Please review the Debian bug report
referenced below.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>Remote attackers could execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to
click a hyperlink in their terminal.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>Gentoo Security recommends that users unmerge evilvte:</p>
<code>
# emerge --unmerge "x11-terms/evilvte"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854585">Debian
Bug #854585
</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-08-14T23:29:51Z">b-man</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-08-26T14:45:16Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>