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Added: glsa-201402-27.xml |
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Log: |
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GLSA 201402-27 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201402-27.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201402-27.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-201402-27.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: glsa-201402-27.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
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<glsa id="201402-27"> |
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<title>pidgin-knotify: Arbitrary code execution</title> |
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<synopsis>A vulnerability in pidgin-knotify might allow remote attackers to |
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execute arbitrary code. |
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</synopsis> |
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<product type="ebuild">pidgin-knotify</product> |
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<announced>February 26, 2014</announced> |
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<revised>February 26, 2014: 1</revised> |
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<bug>336916</bug> |
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<access>remote</access> |
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<affected> |
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<package name="x11-plugins/pidgin-knotify" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
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<vulnerable range="le">0.2.1</vulnerable> |
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</package> |
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</affected> |
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<background> |
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<p>pidgin-knotify is a Pidgin plug-in to display message notifications in |
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KDE. |
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</p> |
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</background> |
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<description> |
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<p>pidgin-knotify does not properly sanitize shell metacharacters from |
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received messages. |
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</p> |
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</description> |
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<impact type="high"> |
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<p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted instant message, |
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possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of |
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the Pidgin process. |
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</p> |
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</impact> |
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<workaround> |
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> |
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</workaround> |
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<resolution> |
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<p>Gentoo has discontinued support for pidgin-knotify. We recommend that |
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users unmerge pidgin-knotify: |
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</p> |
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<code> |
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# emerge --unmerge "x11-plugins/pidgin-knotify" |
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</code> |
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</resolution> |
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<references> |
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3088">CVE-2010-3088</uri> |
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</references> |
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:54:54 +0000">ackle</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:28:15 +0000">ackle</metadata> |
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</glsa> |
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