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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201405-28.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201405-28">
<title>xmonad-contrib: Arbitrary code execution</title>
<synopsis>A remote command injection vulnerability has been discovered in
xmonad-contrib.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">xmonad-contrib</product>
<announced>May 28, 2014</announced>
<revised>May 28, 2014: 1</revised>
<bug>478288</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="x11-wm/xmonad-contrib" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">0.11.2</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">0.11.2</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>xmonad-contrib is a set of third party tiling algorithms,
configurations, and scripts for xmonad.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>A vulnerability in the Xmonad.Hooks.DynamicLog module could allow a
malicious website with a specially crafted title to inject commands into
the title bar which would be executed when the bar is clicked.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process or cause a Denial of
Service condition.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All xmonad-contrib users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=x11-wm/xmonad-contrib-0.11.2"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1436">CVE-2013-1436</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:53:05 +0000">
pinkbyte
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 28 May 2014 06:50:25 +0000">
pinkbyte
</metadata>
</glsa>