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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202003-11
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: SVG Salamander: Server-Side Request Forgery
     Date: March 14, 2020
     Bugs: #607720
       ID: 202003-11

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Synopsis
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A SSRF may allow remote attackers to forge illegitimate requests.

Background
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SVG Salamander is a light weight SVG renderer and animator for Java.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  dev-java/svgsalamander      <= 0.0-r2                 Vulnerable!
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     NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
           to another package if one is available or wait for the
           existing packages to be marked stable by their
           architecture maintainers.

Description
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A Server-Side Request Forgery was discovered in SVG Salamander.

Impact
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An attacker, by sending a specially crafted SVG file, can conduct SSRF.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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Gentoo has discontinued support for SVG Salamander. We recommend that
users unmerge SVG Salamander:

  # emerge --unmerge "dev-java/svgsalamander"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-5617
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5617

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/202003-11

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 2020 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/