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From: Mikle Kolyada <zlogene@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201408-04 ] Catfish: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:09:20
Message-Id: 53EBB6AA.8030007@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Catfish: Multiple Vulnerabilities
9 Date: August 13, 2014
10 Bugs: #502536
11 ID: 201408-04
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Catfish, allowing local
19 attackers to escalate their privileges.
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21 Background
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24 Catfish is a versatile file searching tool.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 dev-util/catfish < 1.0.2 >= 1.0.2
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Catfish. Please review
38 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 A local attacker could gain escalated privileges via a specially
44 crafted shared library.
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All Catfish users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/catfish-1.0.2"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2014-2093
63 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2093
64 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-2094
65 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2094
66 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-2095
67 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2095
68 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-2096
69 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2096
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71 Availability
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74 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
75 the Gentoo Security Website:
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77 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-04.xml
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79 Concerns?
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82 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
83 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
84 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
85 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
86 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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88 License
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91 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
92 belongs to its owner(s).
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94 The contents of this document are licensed under the
95 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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97 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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