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From: Yury German <blueknight@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201703-06 ] Deluge: Remote execution of arbitrary code
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 03:14:08
Message-Id: 8fd40bbc-bd66-3807-e5e8-eac50c426d6e@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201703-06
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Deluge: Remote execution of arbitrary code
9 Date: March 28, 2017
10 Bugs: #612144
11 ID: 201703-06
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in Deluge might allow remote attackers to execute
19 arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 Deluge is a BitTorrent client.
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26 Affected packages
27 =================
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 net-p2p/deluge < 1.3.14 >= 1.3.14
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34 Description
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37 A CSRF vulnerability was discovered in the web UI of Deluge.
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39 Impact
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42 A remote attacker could entice a user currently logged in into Deluge
43 web UI to visit a malicious web page which uses forged requests to make
44 Deluge download and install a Deluge plug-in provided by the attacker.
45 The plug-in can then execute arbitrary code as the user running Deluge.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Deluge users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/deluge-1.3.14"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2017-7178
64 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7178
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66 Availability
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69 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
70 the Gentoo Security Website:
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72 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-06
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74 Concerns?
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77 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
78 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
79 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
80 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
81 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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83 License
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86 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
87 belongs to its owner(s).
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89 The contents of this document are licensed under the
90 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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92 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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