Executive Summary

Summary
Title TPP: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-201309-19 First vendor Publication 2013-09-25
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2013-09-25
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in TPP might allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Background

TPP is an ncurses-based text presentation tool.

Description

TPP templates may contain a --exec clause, the contents of which are automatically executed without confirmation from the user.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file using TPP, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All TPP users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/tpp-1.3.1-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-2208 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2208

Availability

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-19.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-19.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-94 Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-02-12 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-1935.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-02-12 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-1955.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-09-26 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201309-19.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 11:37:46
  • Multiple Updates
2013-10-30 21:23:51
  • Multiple Updates
2013-10-29 21:22:57
  • Multiple Updates
2013-10-29 13:21:55
  • Multiple Updates
2013-09-25 21:19:13
  • First insertion