Gentoo: GLSA-202111-09 Urgent: VLC Media Player RCE Security Advisory
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October 13, 2011
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in feh, the worst of which leading to remote passive code execution.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in feh. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All feh users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/feh-1.12"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2010-2246 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2246 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-0702 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0702 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-1031 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1031
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201110-08
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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.
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Severity: High
Title: feh: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 13, 2011
Bugs: #325531, #354063
ID: 201110-08
Topics Covered
Background
feh is a fast, lightweight imageviewer using imlib2.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-gfx/feh < 1.12 >= 1.12
Impact
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A malicious entity might entice a user to visit a URL using the
--wget-timestamp option, thus executing arbitrary commands via shell
metacharacters; a malicious local user could perform a symlink attack
and overwrite arbitrary files.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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