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Gentoo: GLSA-202107-45 Normal Severity: Remote Code Execution in PyCharm

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Calendar Grey July 20, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A security flaw in PyCharm could lead to remote code execution; users are strongly urged to update to the latest secure release without delay for protection.
A vulnerability has been found in PyCharm Community and Professional, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Summary

Insufficient validation exists within PyCharm's checks for fetching projects from VCS.

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All PyCharm Community users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=dev-util/pycharm-community-2021.1.2"
All PyCharm Professional users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge -a --oneshot -v ">=dev-util/pycharm-professional-2021.1.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-30005 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30005

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-45
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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: PyCharm Community, Professional: Remote code execution
Date: July 20, 2021
Bugs: #797892
ID: 202107-45

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in PyCharm Community and Professional, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Background

PyCharm is the Python IDE for professional developers.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-util/pycharm-community < 2021.1.2 >= 2021.1.2 2 dev-util/pycharm-professional < 2021.1.2 >= 2021.1.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== If a victim can be enticed into fetching a VCS project via PyCharm, a remote attacker could achieve remote code execution.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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