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| author |   Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> | 2018-03-07 20:05:11 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> | 2018-03-07 20:05:11 +0100 |
| commit | 2de74432893233661a8dad040e1d2c670f8e1446 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/glsa-201803-02.xml b/glsa-201803-02.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7251591a --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-201803-02.xml @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="201803-02"> + <title>util-linux: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> + <synopsis>A vulnerability was discovered in util-linux, which could + potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">util-linux</product> + <announced>2018-03-07</announced> + <revised count="1">2018-03-07</revised> + <bug>649812</bug> + <access>local, remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="sys-apps/util-linux" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.30.2-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.30.2-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>util-linux is a suite of Linux programs including mount and umount, + programs used to mount and unmount filesystems. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p>It was discovered that the umount bash-completion as provided by + util-linux does not escap mount point paths. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p>An attacker controlling a volume label could entice a user with + privileges to mount/umount filesystems to use umount command with auto + completion, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with root + privileges. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>Disable Bash-completion or remove + “/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/umount”. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All util-linux users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/util-linux-2.30.2-r1" + </code> + + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7738">CVE-2018-7738</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-03-07T14:57:31Z">whissi</metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-03-07T19:03:17Z">whissi</metadata> +</glsa> |