GLSA 201408-04: Catfish: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Catfish: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	08/13/2014
Bugs:	#502536
ID:	201408-04

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Catfish, allowing local attackers to escalate their privileges.

Background

Catfish is a versatile file searching tool.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-util/catfish	< 1.0.2	>= 1.0.2	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Catfish. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A local attacker could gain escalated privileges via a specially crafted shared library.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Catfish users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/catfish-1.0.2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-04.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.