Gentoo: GLSA-202109-03 Normal: GStreamer Security Vulnerability Addressed
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August 8, 2020
A vulnerability in GNU GLOBAL was discovered, possibly allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Summary
A vulnerability was found in an undocumented function of gozilla.
Resolution
All GNU GLOBAL users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/global-6.6.4"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2017-17531 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17531
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-02
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: GNU GLOBAL: Arbitrary code execution
Date: August 08, 2020
Bugs: #646348
ID: 202008-02
Background
GNU GLOBAL is a source code tagging system that works the same way
across diverse environments, such as Emacs editor, Vi editor, Less
viewer, Bash shell, various web browsers, etc.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-util/global < 6.6.4 >= 6.6.4
Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted URL
using GNU GLOBAL, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code
with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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