71 lines
2.2 KiB
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71 lines
2.2 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200903-41">
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<title>gedit: Untrusted search path</title>
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<synopsis>
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A vulnerability in gedit might allow local attackers to execute arbitrary
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code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">gedit</product>
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<announced>2009-03-30</announced>
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<revised count="01">2009-03-30</revised>
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<bug>257004</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-editors/gedit" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="rge">2.22.3-r1</unaffected>
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<unaffected range="ge">2.24.3</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.24.3</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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gedit is a text editor for the GNOME desktop.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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James Vega reported that gedit uses the current working directory when
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searching for python modules, a vulnerability related to CVE-2008-5983.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A local attacker could entice a user to open gedit from a specially
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crafted environment, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary
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code with the privileges of the user running the application.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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Do not run gedit from untrusted working directories.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All gedit 2.22.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/gedit-2.22.3-r1"</code>
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<p>
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All gedit 2.24.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/gedit-2.24.3"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5983">CVE-2008-5983</uri>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0314">CVE-2009-0314</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-03-23T09:17:57Z">
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a3li
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-03-30T11:46:10Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-03-30T11:46:20Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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