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Gentoo: GLSA-202305-07 Critical: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey April 8, 2014
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Security flaw permits external attackers to run unauthorized code. Update advised for protection on Gentoo Linux.
A vulnerability in Crack might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

An XML parameter parsing vulnerability has been discovered in Crack.

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Resolution

All Crack users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/crack-0.3.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1800 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1800

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201404-04
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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: Crack: Arbitrary code execution
Date: April 07, 2014
Bugs: #460164
ID: 201404-04

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Synopsis

A vulnerability in Crack might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Crack is a really simple JSON and XML parsing Ruby gem, ripped from Merb and Rails.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-ruby/crack < 0.3.2 >= 0.3.2

Impact

===== A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or bypass security restrictions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.