Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202107-34
=========================================
Severity: Medium
Date    : 2021-07-20
CVE-ID  : CVE-2021-31211 CVE-2021-31214
Package : code
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1963

Summary
======
The package code before version 1.58.0-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary
code execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 1.58.0-1.

# pacman -Syu "code>=1.58.0-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 1.58.0.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
- CVE-2021-31211 (arbitrary code execution)

An arbitrary code execution vulnerability through crafted remote
terminal settings has been found in Visual Studio Code before version
1.57.0.

- CVE-2021-31214 (arbitrary code execution)

An arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Grunt, Gulp and Jake
task auto detection has been found in Visual Studio Code before version
1.57.0.

Impact
=====
An attacker could execute arbitrary code through crafted remote
terminal settings or JavaScript task runner configuration files without
user interaction.

References
=========
https://msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-31211
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/123590
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/commit/7259955ce318a2bb2a86ee121c34dcaab0a86e45
https://msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-31214
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/123588
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/commit/5f3466a21e80b2c016a1c0cbe2af683c9072d0a7
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-31211
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-31214

ArchLinux: 202107-34: code: arbitrary code execution

July 20, 2021

Summary

- CVE-2021-31211 (arbitrary code execution) An arbitrary code execution vulnerability through crafted remote terminal settings has been found in Visual Studio Code before version 1.57.0.
- CVE-2021-31214 (arbitrary code execution)
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Grunt, Gulp and Jake task auto detection has been found in Visual Studio Code before version 1.57.0.

Resolution

Upgrade to 1.58.0-1. # pacman -Syu "code>=1.58.0-1"
The problems have been fixed upstream in version 1.58.0.

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-31211 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/123590 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/commit/7259955ce318a2bb2a86ee121c34dcaab0a86e45 https://msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-31214 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/123588 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/commit/5f3466a21e80b2c016a1c0cbe2af683c9072d0a7 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-31211 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-31214

Severity
Package : code
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1963

Workaround

None.

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