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From: Mikle Kolyada <zlogene@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201401-29 ] VIPS: Privilege Escalation
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:49:09
Message-Id: 52E567A9.60301@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201401-29
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: VIPS: Privilege Escalation
9 Date: January 26, 2014
10 Bugs: #344561
11 ID: 201401-29
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in VIPS could result in privilege escalation.
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20 Background
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23 VIPS is a free image processing system.
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25 Affected packages
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29 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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31 1 media-libs/vips < 7.22.4 >= 7.22.4
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33 Description
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36 VIPS places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which
37 might result in the current working directory (.) to be included when
38 searching for dynamically linked libraries.
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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 VIPS users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/vips-7.22.4"
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59 NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
60 available since November 23, 2010. It is likely that your system is
61 already no longer affected by this issue.
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63 References
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66 [ 1 ] CVE-2010-3364
67 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2010-3364
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-29.xml
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
93 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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95 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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