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Gentoo: GLSA-202302-04 Critical: GNUstep Base Framework Exploitation

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Calendar Grey January 20, 2014
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Critical security flaws discovered in GNUstep Base library may enable unauthorized code execution. Immediate upgrade is advised for every user.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GNUstep Base library, the worst of which allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNUstep Base library. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity code execution Gentoo Linux GNUstep Base

Resolution

All GNUstep Base library users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.20.1"
Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since August 13, 2010. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-1457 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1457 [ 2 ] CVE-2010-1620 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1620

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201401-12
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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: GNUstep Base library: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 20, 2014
Bugs: #325577
ID: 201401-12

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security advisory high severity code execution Gentoo Linux GNUstep Base

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GNUstep Base library, the worst of which allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

GNUstep Base library is a free software package implementing the API of the OpenStep Foundation Kit (tm), including later additions.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 gnustep-base/gnustep-base < 1.20.1 >= 1.20.1

Impact

===== A context-dependent attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code. A local attacker could possibly read arbitrary files.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.