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| From: | Chris Reffett <creffett@g.o> |
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| To: | gentoo-announce@g.o |
| Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201310-14 ] Groff: Multiple Vulnerabilities |
| Date: | Fri, 25 Oct 2013 23:16:36 |
| Message-Id: | 526AFB60.6020108@gentoo.org |
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| 2 | Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201310-14 |
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| 4 | http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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| 7 | Severity: Low |
| 8 | Title: Groff: Multiple Vulnerabilities |
| 9 | Date: October 25, 2013 |
| 10 | Bugs: #386335 |
| 11 | ID: 201310-14 |
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| 14 | |
| 15 | Synopsis |
| 16 | ======== |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Groff, allowing |
| 19 | context-dependent attackers to conduct symlink attacks. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Background |
| 22 | ========== |
| 23 | |
| 24 | GNU Troff (Groff) is a text formatter used for man pages. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Affected packages |
| 27 | ================= |
| 28 | |
| 29 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 30 | Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
| 31 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 32 | 1 sys-apps/groff < 1.22.2 >= 1.22.2 |
| 33 | |
| 34 | Description |
| 35 | =========== |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Groff. Please review |
| 38 | the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
| 39 | |
| 40 | Impact |
| 41 | ====== |
| 42 | |
| 43 | A context-dependent attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite |
| 44 | arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the |
| 45 | application. |
| 46 | |
| 47 | Workaround |
| 48 | ========== |
| 49 | |
| 50 | There is no known workaround at this time. |
| 51 | |
| 52 | Resolution |
| 53 | ========== |
| 54 | |
| 55 | All Groff users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| 56 | |
| 57 | # emerge --sync |
| 58 | # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/groff-1.22.2" |
| 59 | |
| 60 | References |
| 61 | ========== |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [ 1 ] CVE-2009-5044 |
| 64 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-5044 |
| 65 | [ 2 ] CVE-2009-5078 |
| 66 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-5078 |
| 67 | [ 3 ] CVE-2009-5079 |
| 68 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-5079 |
| 69 | [ 4 ] CVE-2009-5080 |
| 70 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-5080 |
| 71 | [ 5 ] CVE-2009-5081 |
| 72 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-5081 |
| 73 | [ 6 ] CVE-2009-5082 |
| 74 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-5082 |
| 75 | |
| 76 | Availability |
| 77 | ============ |
| 78 | |
| 79 | This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
| 80 | the Gentoo Security Website: |
| 81 | |
| 82 | http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-14.xml |
| 83 | |
| 84 | Concerns? |
| 85 | ========= |
| 86 | |
| 87 | Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
| 88 | confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
| 89 | importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
| 90 | security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
| 91 | https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
| 92 | |
| 93 | License |
| 94 | ======= |
| 95 | |
| 96 | Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
| 97 | belongs to its owner(s). |
| 98 | |
| 99 | The contents of this document are licensed under the |
| 100 | Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
| 101 | |
| 102 | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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