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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202003-11 ] SVG Salamander: Server-Side Request Forgery
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 16:10:13
Message-Id: 2ee1b94a-4679-da96-6bea-56ab4481b3fc@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202003-11
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: SVG Salamander: Server-Side Request Forgery
9 Date: March 14, 2020
10 Bugs: #607720
11 ID: 202003-11
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15 Synopsis
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18 A SSRF may allow remote attackers to forge illegitimate requests.
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20 Background
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23 SVG Salamander is a light weight SVG renderer and animator for Java.
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25 Affected packages
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29 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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31 1 dev-java/svgsalamander <= 0.0-r2 Vulnerable!
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33 NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
34 to another package if one is available or wait for the
35 existing packages to be marked stable by their
36 architecture maintainers.
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38 Description
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41 A Server-Side Request Forgery was discovered in SVG Salamander.
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43 Impact
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46 An attacker, by sending a specially crafted SVG file, can conduct SSRF.
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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 Gentoo has discontinued support for SVG Salamander. We recommend that
57 users unmerge SVG Salamander:
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59 # emerge --unmerge "dev-java/svgsalamander"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2017-5617
65 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5617
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-11
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
91 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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93 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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