metadata/glsa/glsa-201401-12.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201401-12">
  <title>GNUstep Base library: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GNUstep Base library,
    the worst of which allow execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">gnustep-base</product>
  <announced>January 20, 2014</announced>
  <revised>January 20, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>325577</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="gnustep-base/gnustep-base" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.20.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.20.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>GNUstep Base library is a free software package implementing the API of
      the OpenStep Foundation Kit (tm), including later additions.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNUstep Base library.
      Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>A context-dependent attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code. A
      local attacker could possibly read arbitrary files.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All GNUstep Base library users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      "&gt;=gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.20.1"
    </code>
    
    <p>Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools
      such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.
    </p>
    
    <p>NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
      available since August 13, 2010. It is likely that your system is already
      no longer affected by this issue.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1457">CVE-2010-1457</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1620">CVE-2010-1620</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:37:30 +0000">
    underling
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 20 Jan 2014 08:51:59 +0000">Zlogene</metadata>
</glsa>