GLSA 201709-06: Supervisor: command injection vulnerability

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Severity:	high
Title:	Supervisor: command injection vulnerability
Date:	09/17/2017
Bugs:	#626100
ID:	201709-06

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Supervisor might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Supervisor is a client/server system that allows its users to monitor and control a number of processes on UNIX-like operating systems.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-admin/supervisor	< 3.1.4	>= 3.1.4	All supported architectures

Description

A vulnerability in Supervisor was discovered in which an authenticated client could send malicious XML-RPC requests and supervidord will run them as shell commands with process privileges. In some cases, supervisord is configured with root permissions.

Impact

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Supervisor users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "=app-admin/supervisor-3.1.4"

References

CVE-2017-11610

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201709-06.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 security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.