[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201412-49 ] fish: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-49

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: High

Title: fish: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: December 28, 2014

Bugs: #509044

ID: 201412-49

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in fish, the worst of which

could result in local privilege escalation or remote arbitrary code

execution.

 

Background

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fish is the Friendly Interactive SHell.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 app-shells/fish < 2.1.1 >= 2.1.1

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in fish. Please review

the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

 

Impact

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A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges or overwrite

arbitrary files. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to execute

arbitrary code.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All fish users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-shells/fish-2.1.1"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-2905

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2905

[ 2 ] CVE-2014-2906

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2906

[ 3 ] CVE-2014-2914

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2914

[ 4 ] CVE-2014-3219

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3219

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-49.xml

 

Concerns?

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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 ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2014 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