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author | Yury German <blueknight@gentoo.org> | 2015-11-02 11:31:05 -0500 |
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committer | Yury German <blueknight@gentoo.org> | 2015-11-02 11:31:05 -0500 |
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diff --git a/glsa-201511-01.xml b/glsa-201511-01.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9743c1e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-201511-01.xml @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="201511-01"> + <title>MirBSD Korn Shell: Arbitrary code execution</title> + <synopsis>An attacker who already had access to the environment could so + append values to parameters passed through programs. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild"></product> + <announced>November 02, 2015</announced> + <revised>November 02, 2015: 2</revised> + <bug>524414</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-shells/mksh" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">50c</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">50c</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>MirBSD Korn Shell is an actively developed free implementation of the + Korn Shell programming language and a successor to the Public Domain Korn + Shell. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p>Improper sanitation of environment import allows for appending of values + to passed parameters. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p>An attacker who already had access to the environment could so append + values to parameters passed through programs (including sudo(8) or + setuid) to shell scripts, including indirectly, after those programs + intended to sanitise the environment, e.g. invalidating the last $PATH + component. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All mksh users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-shells/mksh-50c" + </code> + + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://www.mirbsd.org/permalinks/wlog-10_e20141003-tg.htm#e20141003-tg_wlog-10"> + mksh R50c released, security fix + </uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:13:43 +0000">K_F</metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:33:07 +0000">mrueg</metadata> +</glsa> |