The Qualys Threat Research Unit discovered that libmodule-scandeps-perl, a Perl module to recursively scan Perl code for dependencies, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands via specially crafted file names. . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3958-1
It was discovered that Org Mode for Emacs is prone to arbitrary shell code evaluation when opening a specially crafted Org file. This update includes updates pending for the upcoming point releases . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5718-1
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.. openSUSE Security Update: Security update for kconfig, kdelibs4 ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:1851-2 Rating: important References: #1144600 Cross-References: CVE-2019-14744 Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update for kconfig, kdelibs4 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2019-14744: Fixed a command execution by an shell expansion (boo#1144600). Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-1851=1 Package List: - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): kconf_update5-5.55.0-bp151.3.5.1 kconf_update5-debuginfo-5.55.0-bp151.3.5.1 kconfig-debugsource-5.55.0-bp151.3.5.1 kconfig-devel-5.55.0-bp151.3.5.1 kconfig-devel-debuginfo-5.55.0-bp151.3.5.1 kdelibs4-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 kdelibs4-branding-upstream-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 kdelibs4-core-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 kdelibs4-core-debuginfo-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 kdelibs4-debuginfo-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 kdelibs4-debugsource-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 kdelibs4-doc-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 kdelibs4-doc-debuginfo-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libKF5ConfigCore5-5.55.0-bp151.3.5.1 libKF5ConfigCore5-debuginfo-5.55.0-bp151.3.5.1 libKF5ConfigGui5-5.55.0-bp151.3.5.1 libKF5ConfigGui5-debuginfo-5.55.0-bp151.3.5.1 libkde4-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libkde4-debuginfo-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libkde4-devel-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libkde4-devel-debuginfo-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libkdecore4-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libkdecore4-debuginfo-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libkdecore4-devel-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libkdecore4-devel-debuginfo-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libksuseinstall-devel-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libksuseinstall1-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libksuseinstall1-debuginfo-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 (aarch64_ilp32): kconfig-devel-64bit-5.55.0-bp151.3.5.1 kconfig-devel-64bit-debuginfo-5.55.0-bp151.3.5.1 libKF5ConfigCore5-64bit-5.55.0-bp151.3.5.1 libKF5ConfigCore5-64bit-debuginfo-5.55.0-bp151.3.5.1 libKF5ConfigGui5-64bit-5.55.0-bp151.3.5.1 libKF5ConfigGui5-64bit-debuginfo-5.55.0-bp151.3.5.1 libkde4-64bit-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libkde4-64bit-debuginfo-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libkdecore4-64bit-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libkdecore4-64bit-debuginfo-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libksuseinstall1-64bit-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libksuseinstall1-64bit-debuginfo-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 - openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 (noarch): kdelibs4-apidocs-4.14.38-bp151.9.5.1 libKF5ConfigCore5-lang-5.55.0-bp151.3.5.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14744.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1144600 -- . The latest openSUSE release resolves a critical bug affecting kconfig and kdelibs4, thereby enhancing overall system reliability.. openSUSE Backports, kconfig Update, kdelibs4 Security, shell execution fix. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dominik Penner discovered that KConfig, the KDE configuration settings framework, supported a feature to define shell command execution in .desktop files. If a user is provided with a malformed .desktop file (e.g. if it's embedded into a downloaded archive and it gets opened in . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4494-1
By sending a malicious formated email pine could be tricked into executing shell scripts or binary programs. . ______________________________________________________________________________ SuSE Security Announcement Package: pine-4.X Date: Mon Jun 28 23:02:12 CEST 1999 Affected: all Unix operating systems using pine-4.X ______________________________________________________________________________ A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above. Please update as soon as possible or disable the service if you are using this software on your SuSE Linux installation(s). Other Linux distributions or operating systems might be affected as well, please contact your vendor for information about this issue. Please note, that that we provide this information on as "as-is" basis only. There is no warranty whatsoever and no liability for any direct, indirect or incidental damage arising from this information or the installation of the update package. ______________________________________________________________________________ 1. Problem Description By sending a malicious formated email pine could be tricked into executing shell scripts or binary programs. 2. Impact An attacker could force any user (even root), which use pine, to execute any program s/he wants. This behavior could lead to remote root compromise of the system. 3. Solution Install the fixed pine package, which is available from our ftp server. ______________________________________________________________________________ Here are the md5 checksums of the upgrade packages, please verify these before installing the new packages: 07f319fb589578802af8312414ee0462 pine.rpm (glibc2) c7b1ca7952c732c37d21205b83981581 pine.rpm (AXP) c056588e2261a42e3194634795e2c16c pine.rpm (Source) ______________________________________________________________________________ You will find the updates on our ftp-Server: (glibc2) (AXP) (Source) A libc5 versionisn't available, because SuSE 5.3 uses pine-3.96 per default. Webpage for patches: https://www.suse.com/de-de/ or try the following web pages for a list of mirrors: https://www.suse.com/de-de/ ______________________________________________________________________________ . Important Fedora notice regarding curl-7.X command injection vulnerability; system patching advised for impacted Linux distributions immediately.. SuSE Security,Pine Exploit,Shell Execution Risk. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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