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From: Chris Reffett <creffett@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201310-15 ] GNU Automake: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 00:17:37
Message-Id: 526B09B2.3010400@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201310-15
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: GNU Automake: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: October 25, 2013
10 Bugs: #295357, #426336
11 ID: 201310-15
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GNU Automake, allowing
19 local arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the user
20 running an Automake-based build.
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22 Background
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25 GNU Automake is a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files
26 compliant with the GNU Coding Standards.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 sys-devel/automake < 1.11.6 >= 1.11.6
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Automake. Please
40 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 A local attacker could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges
46 of the user running an Automake-based build.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All Automake users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/automake-1.11.6"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2009-4029
65 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4029
66 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-3386
67 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3386
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-15.xml
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
93 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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95 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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