Gentoo: GLSA-201412-49: fish: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in fish. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All fish users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-shells/fish-2.1.1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2014-2905 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2905 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-2906 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2906 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-2914 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2914 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-3219 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3219
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-49
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.
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in fish, the worst of which could result in local privilege escalation or remote arbitrary code execution.
Background
fish is the Friendly Interactive SHell.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-shells/fish < 2.1.1 >= 2.1.1
Impact
===== A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges or overwrite arbitrary files. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.