GLSA-201110-08 : feh: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56501

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201110-08 (feh: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

A malicious entity might entice a user to visit a URL using the
--wget-timestamp option, thus executing arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters; a malicious local user could perform a symlink attack and overwrite arbitrary files.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All feh users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-gfx/feh-1.12'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56501

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201110-08.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 10/14/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:feh, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2246, CVE-2011-0702, CVE-2011-1031

BID: 41161, 46182, 50128

GLSA: 201110-08

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