GLSA 202209-25: Zutty: Arbitrary Code Execution

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Zutty: Arbitrary Code Execution
Date:	09/29/2022
Bugs:	#868495
ID:	202209-25

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Zutty which could allow for arbitrary code execution.

Background

Zutty is an X terminal emulator rendering through OpenGL ES Compute Shaders.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
x11-terms/zutty	< 0.13	>= 0.13	All supported architectures

Description

Zutty does not correctly handle invalid DECRQSS commands, which can be exploited to run arbitrary commands in the terminal.

Impact

Untrusted text written to the Zutty terminal can achieve arbitrary code execution.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Zutty users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-terms/zutty-0.13"

References

CVE-2022-41138

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202209-25.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.