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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201401-29
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: VIPS: Privilege Escalation
     Date: January 26, 2014
     Bugs: #344561
       ID: 201401-29

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in VIPS could result in privilege escalation.

Background
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VIPS is a free image processing system.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  media-libs/vips              < 7.22.4                  >= 7.22.4 

Description
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VIPS places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which
might result in the current working directory (.) to be included when
searching for dynamically linked libraries.

Impact
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A local attacker could gain escalated privileges via a specially
crafted shared library.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All VIPS users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/vips-7.22.4"

NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
available since November 23, 2010. It is likely that your system is
already no longer affected by this issue.

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-3364
      http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2010-3364

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-201401-29.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