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Fedora: FEDORA-202209-25 Critical: Zippy Command Injection Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A critical flaw in Gentoo's system named Zutty could enable unauthorized code execution; users are urged to update immediately to mitigate possible threats.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Zutty which could allow for arbitrary code execution.

Summary

Zutty does not correctly handle invalid DECRQSS commands, which can be exploited to run arbitrary commands in the terminal.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo arbitrary code execution normal severity zutty terminal exploit

Resolution

All Zutty users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-terms/zutty-0.13"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-41138 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41138

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-25
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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: Zutty: Arbitrary Code Execution
Date: September 29, 2022
Bugs: #868495
ID: 202209-25

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo arbitrary code execution normal severity zutty terminal exploit

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Zutty which could allow for arbitrary code execution.

Background

Zutty is an X terminal emulator rendering through OpenGL ES Compute Shaders.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 x11-terms/zutty < 0.13 >= 0.13

Impact

===== Untrusted text written to the Zutty terminal can achieve arbitrary code execution.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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