gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-202401-21.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202401-21">
    <title>KTextEditor: Arbitrary Local Code Execution</title>
    <synopsis>A vulnerability has been found in KTextEditor where local code can be executed without user interaction.</synopsis>
    <product type="ebuild">ktexteditor</product>
    <announced>2024-01-15</announced>
    <revised count="1">2024-01-15</revised>
    <bug>832447</bug>
    <access>remote</access>
    <affected>
        <package name="kde-frameworks/ktexteditor" auto="yes" arch="*">
            <unaffected range="ge">5.90.0-r2</unaffected>
            <vulnerable range="lt">5.90.0-r2</vulnerable>
        </package>
    </affected>
    <background>
        <p>Framework providing a full text editor component for KDE.</p>
    </background>
    <description>
        <p>A vulnerability has been discovered in KTextEditor. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.</p>
    </description>
    <impact type="normal">
        <p>KTextEditor executes binaries without user interaction in a few cases, e.g. KTextEditor will try to check on external file modification via invoking the &#34;git&#34; binary if the file is known in the repository with the new content.</p>
    </impact>
    <workaround>
        <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
    </workaround>
    <resolution>
        <p>All KTextEditor users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
        
        <code>
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-frameworks/ktexteditor-5.90.0-r2"
        </code>
    </resolution>
    <references>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23853">CVE-2022-23853</uri>
    </references>
    <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2024-01-15T15:42:22.100996Z">graaff</metadata>
    <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2024-01-15T15:42:22.106940Z">graaff</metadata>
</glsa>