GLSA 201405-28: xmonad-contrib: Arbitrary code execution

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Severity:	normal
Title:	xmonad-contrib: Arbitrary code execution
Date:	05/28/2014
Bugs:	#478288
ID:	201405-28

Synopsis

A remote command injection vulnerability has been discovered in xmonad-contrib.

Background

xmonad-contrib is a set of third party tiling algorithms, configurations, and scripts for xmonad.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
x11-wm/xmonad-contrib	< 0.11.2	>= 0.11.2	All supported architectures

Description

A vulnerability in the Xmonad.Hooks.DynamicLog module could allow a malicious website with a specially crafted title to inject commands into the title bar which would be executed when the bar is clicked.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All xmonad-contrib users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-wm/xmonad-contrib-0.11.2"

References

CVE-2013-1436

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-28.xml

Concerns?

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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.