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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="201812-10">
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<title>GKSu: Arbitrary command execution</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability in GKSu might allow attackers to execute arbitrary
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commands.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">gksu</product>
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<announced>2018-12-30</announced>
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<revised count="1">2018-12-30</revised>
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<bug>534540</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="x11-libs/gksu" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<vulnerable range="le">2.0.2</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>A library that provides a Gtk+ frontend to su and sudo.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>A vulnerability was discovered in GKSu’s gksu-run-helper.</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>An attacker could execute arbitrary commands.</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>Gentoo has discontinued support for GKSu and recommends that users
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unmerge the package:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --unmerge "x11-libs/gksu"
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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-2014-2886">CVE-2014-2886</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-12-11T17:31:55Z">b-man</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-12-30T21:10:46Z">b-man</metadata>
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</glsa>
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