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| author |   Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org> | 2016-12-04 15:51:19 +0900 |
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| committer | Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org> | 2016-12-04 15:51:19 +0900 |
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diff --git a/glsa-201612-05.xml b/glsa-201612-05.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..be917ecd --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-201612-05.xml @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="201612-05"> + <title>Pygments: Arbitrary code execution</title> + <synopsis>Pygments is vulnerable to remote code execution if an attacker is + allowed to specify the font name. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">pygments</product> + <announced>December 04, 2016</announced> + <revised>December 04, 2016: 1</revised> + <bug>564478</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-python/pygments" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.0.2-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.2-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>Pygments is a generic syntax highlighter suitable for use in code + hosting, forums, wikis or other applications that need to prettify source + code. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p>A vulnerability in FontManager’s _get_nix_font_path function allows + shell metacharacters to be passed in a font name. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the + privileges of the process. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All Pygments users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/pygments-2.0.2-r1" + </code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-8557"> + CVE-2015-8557 + </uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 08 Dec 2015 00:25:56 +0000"> + BlueKnight + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 04 Dec 2016 06:50:34 +0000">whissi</metadata> +</glsa> |