51 lines
1.7 KiB
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51 lines
1.7 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="201402-27">
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<title>pidgin-knotify: Arbitrary code execution</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability in pidgin-knotify might allow remote attackers to
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execute arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">pidgin-knotify</product>
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<announced>2014-02-26</announced>
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<revised count="1">2014-02-26</revised>
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<bug>336916</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="x11-plugins/pidgin-knotify" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<vulnerable range="le">0.2.1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>pidgin-knotify is a Pidgin plug-in to display message notifications in
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KDE.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>pidgin-knotify does not properly sanitize shell metacharacters from
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received messages.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted instant message,
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possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of
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the Pidgin process.
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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>Gentoo has discontinued support for pidgin-knotify. We recommend that
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users unmerge pidgin-knotify:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --unmerge "x11-plugins/pidgin-knotify"
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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/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3088">CVE-2010-3088</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2012-09-22T18:54:54Z">ackle</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-02-26T14:28:15Z">ackle</metadata>
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</glsa>
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