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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201408-13
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Jinja2: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: August 29, 2014
     Bugs: #497690
       ID: 201408-13

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Jinja2, allowing local
attackers to escalate their privileges.

Background
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Jinja2 is a template engine written in pure Python.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  dev-python/jinja             < 2.7.3                    >= 2.7.3

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Jinja2. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A local attacker could gain escalated privileges via a specially
crafted cache file or  pre-created temporary directory.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Jinja2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/jinja-2.7.3"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0012
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0012
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-1402
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1402

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201408-13

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/