Executive Summary

Summary
Title evilvte: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-201708-07 First vendor Publication 2017-08-21
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2017-08-21
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

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Detail

Synopsis

Improper hypertext validation might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

VTE based, highly customizable terminal emulator

Description

Steve Kemp of Debian identified a flaw in evilvte which does not properly validate hypertext links. Please review the Debian bug report referenced below.

Impact

Remote attackers could execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to click a hyperlink in their terminal.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Gentoo Security recommends that users unmerge evilvte:
# emerge --unmerge "x11-terms/evilvte"

References

[ 1 ] Debian Bug #854585
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854585

Availability

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-07

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201708-07.xml

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Date Informations
2017-08-22 13:24:46
  • Multiple Updates
2017-08-21 05:21:06
  • First insertion