SecurityvulnsSECURITYVULNS:DOC:21590[ GLSA 200904-06 ] Eye of GNOME: Untrusted search path
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200904-06
http://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Eye of GNOME: Untrusted search path
Date: April 06, 2009
Bugs: #257002
ID: 200904-06
Synopsis
An untrusted search path vulnerability in the Eye of GNOME might result
in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
The Eye of GNOME is the official image viewer for the GNOME Desktop
environment.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-gfx/eog < 2.22.3-r3 >= 2.22.3-r3
Description
James Vega reported an untrusted search path vulnerability in the
GObject Python interpreter wrapper in the Eye of GNOME, a vulnerabiliy
related to CVE-2008-5983.
Impact
A local attacker could entice a user to run the Eye of GNOME from a
directory containing a specially crafted python module, resulting in
the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
the application.
Workaround
Do not run "eog" from untrusted working directories.
Resolution
All Eye of GNOME users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/eog-2.22.3-r3"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2008-5983
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5983
[ 2 ] CVE-2008-5987
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5987
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml
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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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