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50 lines
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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="202008-02">
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<title>GNU GLOBAL: Arbitrary code execution</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability in GNU GLOBAL was discovered, possibly allowing
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remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">global</product>
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<announced>2020-08-08</announced>
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<revised count="1">2020-08-08</revised>
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<bug>646348</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-util/global" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">6.6.4</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">6.6.4</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>GNU GLOBAL is a source code tagging system that works the same way
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across diverse environments, such as Emacs editor, Vi editor, Less
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viewer, Bash shell, various web browsers, etc.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>A vulnerability was found in an undocumented function of gozilla.</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted URL
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using GNU GLOBAL, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with
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the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All GNU GLOBAL users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/global-6.6.4"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17531">CVE-2017-17531</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-08-08T02:37:03Z">sam_c</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-08-08T04:17:26Z">sam_c</metadata>
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</glsa>
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