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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200804-29 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Comix: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: April 25, 2008 |
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Bugs: #215694 |
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ID: 200804-29 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities in Comix may lead to execution of arbitrary |
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commands and a Denial of Service. |
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Background |
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Comix is a GTK comic book viewer. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 media-gfx/comix < 3.6.4-r1 >= 3.6.4-r1 |
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Description |
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Comix does not properly sanitize filenames containing shell |
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metacharacters when they are passed to the rar, unrar, or jpegtran |
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programs (CVE-2008-1568). Comix also creates directories with |
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predictable names (CVE-2008-1796). |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could exploit the first vulnerability by enticing a |
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user to use Comix to open a file with a specially crafted filename, |
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resulting in the execution of arbitrary commands. The second |
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vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker to cause a Denial |
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of Service by creating a file or directory with the same filename as |
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the predictable filename used by Comix. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Comix users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/comix-3.6.4-r1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-1568 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1568 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2008-1796 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1796 |
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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-200804-29.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 2008 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 |
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