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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201402-27
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 Severity: High
    Title: pidgin-knotify: Arbitrary code execution
     Date: February 26, 2014
     Bugs: #336916
       ID: 201402-27

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Synopsis
========

A vulnerability in pidgin-knotify might allow remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code.

Background
==========

pidgin-knotify is a Pidgin plug-in to display message notifications in
KDE.

Affected packages
=================

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  x11-plugins/pidgin-knotify
                                  <= 0.2.1                 Vulnerable!
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
           to another package if one is available or wait for the
           existing packages to be marked stable by their
           architecture maintainers.

Description
===========

pidgin-knotify does not properly sanitize shell metacharacters from
received messages.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted instant message,
possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges
of the Pidgin process.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

Gentoo has discontinued support for pidgin-knotify. We recommend that
users unmerge pidgin-knotify:

  # emerge --unmerge "x11-plugins/pidgin-knotify"

References
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-3088
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3088

Availability
============

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

 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-27.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.

License
=======

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


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