Gentoo: GLSA-200806-05: cbrPager: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Summary
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Severity: Normal Title: cbrPager: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Date: June 16, 2008 Bugs: #223657 ID: 200806-05
Synopsis ======= Insecure filename usage in cbrPager may allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= cbrPager is a comic book pager.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-misc/cbrpager < 0.9.17 >= 0.9.17
========== Mamoru Tasaka discovered that filenames of the image archives are not properly sanitized before being passed to decompression utilities like unrar and unzip, which use the system() libc library call.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open an archive with a specially crafted filename, resulting in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running the application.
Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution ========= All cbrPager users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/cbrpager-0.9.17"
References ========= [ 1 ] CVE-2008-2575 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2575
Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200806-05
Concerns? ======== Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org/.
License ====== Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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