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Gentoo: GLSA-201408-04 Normal: Catfish Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey August 13, 2014
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Intruders can gain elevated permissions because of various vulnerabilities in Catfish; make sure to upgrade to protect your system.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Catfish, allowing local attackers to escalate their privileges.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation normal severity gentoo distribution catfish

Resolution

All Catfish users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/catfish-1.0.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-2093 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2093 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-2094 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2094 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-2095 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2095 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-2096 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2096

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201408-04
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: Catfish: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: August 13, 2014
Bugs: #502536
ID: 201408-04

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation normal severity gentoo distribution catfish

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Catfish, allowing local attackers to escalate their privileges.

Background

Catfish is a versatile file searching tool.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-util/catfish < 1.0.2 >= 1.0.2

Impact

===== A local attacker could gain escalated privileges via a specially crafted shared library.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.