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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201402-05
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Low
Title: Banshee: Arbitrary code execution
Date: February 05, 2014
Bugs: #345567
ID: 201402-05
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Synopsis
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An environment variable processing error has been reported in Banshee,
possibly allowing local attacker to load a specially crafted shared
library.
Background
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Banshee is a multimedia management and playback application for GNOME.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-sound/banshee < 1.8.0-r1 >= 1.8.0-r1
Description
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Banshee places a zero-length directory name in PATH, which allows
libraries to be loaded from the working directory.
Impact
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A local attacker could put specially crafted library into working
directory of Banshee, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code
with the privileges of the process, or a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Banshee users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/banshee-1.8.0-r1"
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
available since November 17, 2010. It is likely that your system is
already no longer affected by this issue.
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-3998
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3998
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-05.xml
Concerns?
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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
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Copyright 2014 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.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5