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Gentoo: GLSA-202211-02 Moderate: lesspipe Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey November 10, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Boost your Gentoo system security by updating the lesspipe package to address vulnerabilities discussed in GLSA 202211-02. Act quickly and execute the commands to stay protected
A vulnerability has been found in lesspipe which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Summary

lesspipe has support for parsing Perl storable ("PST") files,

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All lesspipe users should update to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/lesspipe-2.06"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-44542 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44542

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-02
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: lesspipe: Arbitrary Code Exeecution
Date: November 10, 2022
Bugs: #865631
ID: 202211-02

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in lesspipe which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Background

lesspipe is a preprocessor for less.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/lesspipe < 2.06 >= 2.06

Impact

===== A crafted Perl storable file which is passed into lesspipe could result in arbitrary code execution.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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