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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200904-06 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Eye of GNOME: Untrusted search path |
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Date: April 06, 2009 |
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Bugs: #257002 |
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ID: 200904-06 |
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Synopsis |
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An untrusted search path vulnerability in the Eye of GNOME might result |
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in the execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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The Eye of GNOME is the official image viewer for the GNOME Desktop |
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environment. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 media-gfx/eog < 2.22.3-r3 >= 2.22.3-r3 |
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Description |
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James Vega reported an untrusted search path vulnerability in the |
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GObject Python interpreter wrapper in the Eye of GNOME, a vulnerabiliy |
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related to CVE-2008-5983. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could entice a user to run the Eye of GNOME from a |
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directory containing a specially crafted python module, resulting in |
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the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running |
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the application. |
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Workaround |
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Do not run "eog" from untrusted working directories. |
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Resolution |
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All Eye of GNOME users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/eog-2.22.3-r3" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-5983 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5983 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2008-5987 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5987 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |