GLSA 202407-03: Liferea: Remote Code Execution
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | Liferea: Remote Code Execution |
| Date: | 07/01/2024 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 202407-03 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability has been discovered in Liferea, which can lead to remote code execution.Background
Liferea is a feed reader/news aggregator that brings together all of the content from your favorite subscriptions into a simple interface that makes it easy to organize and browse feeds. Its GUI is similar to a desktop mail/news client, with an embedded web browser.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| net-news/liferea | < 1.12.10 | >= 1.12.10 | All supported architectures |
Description
A vulnerability has been discovered in Liferea. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
Impact
A vulnerability was found in liferea. Affected by this issue is the function update_job_run of the file src/update.c of the component Feed Enrichment. The manipulation of the argument source can lead to os command injection. The attack may be launched remotely.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Liferea users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-news/liferea-1.12.10"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
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.
License
Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
