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Gentoo: GLSA 202407-04 Critical: Gnome-shell Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey July 1, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A flaw in Liferea may allow for remote code execution. Update to version 1.12.10 to reduce potential threats.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Liferea, which can lead to remote code execution.

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in Liferea. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote code execution vulnerability gentoo linux liferea affected software

Resolution

All Liferea users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-news/liferea-1.12.10"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-1350 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1350

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202407-03
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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: Liferea: Remote Code Execution
Date: July 01, 2024
Bugs: #901085
ID: 202407-03

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Liferea, which can lead to remote code execution.

Background

Liferea is a feed reader/news aggregator that brings together all of the content from your favorite subscriptions into a simple interface that makes it easy to organize and browse feeds. Its GUI is similar to a desktop mail/news client, with an embedded web browser.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ---------------- ------------ ------------ net-news/liferea < 1.12.10 >= 1.12.10

Impact

A vulnerability was found in liferea. Affected by this issue is the function update_job_run of the file src/update.c of the component Feed Enrichment. The manipulation of the argument source can lead to os command injection. The attack may be launched remotely.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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