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Gentoo: GLSA-201405-28 Normal: xmonad-contrib Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey May 28, 2014
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A critical security flaw has been identified in xmonad-contrib on Gentoo, which may allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely.
A remote command injection vulnerability has been discovered in xmonad-contrib.

Summary

A vulnerability in the Xmonad.Hooks.DynamicLog module could allow a malicious website with a specially crafted title to inject commands into the title bar which would be executed when the bar is clicked.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo arbitrary execution command injection normal severity xmonad-contrib

Resolution

All xmonad-contrib users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-wm/xmonad-contrib-0.11.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1436 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1436

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-28
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: xmonad-contrib: Arbitrary code execution
Date: May 28, 2014
Bugs: #478288
ID: 201405-28

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo arbitrary execution command injection normal severity xmonad-contrib

Synopsis

A remote command injection vulnerability has been discovered in xmonad-contrib.

Background

xmonad-contrib is a set of third party tiling algorithms, configurations, and scripts for xmonad.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 x11-wm/xmonad-contrib < 0.11.2 >= 0.11.2

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.