GLSA 201110-08: feh: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	feh: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	10/13/2011
Bugs:	#325531, #354063
ID:	201110-08

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in feh, the worst of which leading to remote passive code execution.

Background

feh is a fast, lightweight imageviewer using imlib2.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-gfx/feh	< 1.12	>= 1.12	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in feh. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A malicious entity might entice a user to visit a URL using the --wget-timestamp option, thus executing arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters; a malicious local user could perform a symlink attack and overwrite arbitrary files.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All feh users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/feh-1.12"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201110-08.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 security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.