glsa-201402-27.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201402-27">
  <title>pidgin-knotify: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in pidgin-knotify might allow remote attackers to
    execute arbitrary code. 
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">pidgin-knotify</product>
  <announced>2014-02-26</announced>
  <revised count="1">2014-02-26</revised>
  <bug>336916</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="x11-plugins/pidgin-knotify" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <vulnerable range="le">0.2.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>pidgin-knotify is a Pidgin plug-in to display message notifications in
      KDE.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>pidgin-knotify does not properly sanitize shell metacharacters from
      received messages.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted instant message,
      possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of
      the Pidgin process.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>Gentoo has discontinued support for pidgin-knotify. We recommend that
      users unmerge pidgin-knotify:
    </p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --unmerge "x11-plugins/pidgin-knotify"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3088">CVE-2010-3088</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2012-09-22T18:54:54Z">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-02-26T14:28:15Z">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>