GLSA 201408-13: Jinja2: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Jinja2: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	08/29/2014
Bugs:	#497690
ID:	201408-13

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Jinja2, allowing local attackers to escalate their privileges.

Background

Jinja2 is a template engine written in pure Python.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-python/jinja	< 2.7.3	>= 2.7.3	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Jinja2. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A local attacker could gain escalated privileges via a specially crafted cache file or pre-created temporary directory.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Jinja2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/jinja-2.7.3"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-13.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.