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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200904-6

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200904-6
Posted Apr 7, 2009
Authored by Gentoo | Site security.gentoo.org

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200904-06 - An untrusted search path vulnerability in the Eye of GNOME might result in the execution of arbitrary code. James Vega reported an untrusted search path vulnerability in the GObject Python interpreter wrapper in the Eye of GNOME, a vulnerability related to CVE-2008-5983. Versions less than 2.22.3-r3 are affected.

tags | advisory, arbitrary, python
systems | linux, gentoo
advisories | CVE-2008-5983, CVE-2008-5987
SHA-256 | f361f11a9332c1aeffbeea882ecce779c48e9eefab14a74b77b88bcdabe26e14

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200904-6

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Severity: Normal
Title: Eye of GNOME: Untrusted search path
Date: April 06, 2009
Bugs: #257002
ID: 200904-06

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Synopsis
========

An untrusted search path vulnerability in the Eye of GNOME might result
in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background
==========

The Eye of GNOME is the official image viewer for the GNOME Desktop
environment.

Affected packages
=================

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-gfx/eog < 2.22.3-r3 >= 2.22.3-r3

Description
===========

James Vega reported an untrusted search path vulnerability in the
GObject Python interpreter wrapper in the Eye of GNOME, a vulnerabiliy
related to CVE-2008-5983.

Impact
======

A local attacker could entice a user to run the Eye of GNOME from a
directory containing a specially crafted python module, resulting in
the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
the application.

Workaround
==========

Do not run "eog" from untrusted working directories.

Resolution
==========

All Eye of GNOME users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/eog-2.22.3-r3"

References
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2008-5983
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5983
[ 2 ] CVE-2008-5987
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5987

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.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
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

Copyright 2009 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

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