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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.131158 |
Category: | Mageia Linux Local Security Checks |
Title: | Mageia Linux Local Check: mgasa-2015-0478 |
Summary: | Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2015-0478 |
Description: | Summary: Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2015-0478 Vulnerability Insight: An unsafe use of string concatenation in a shell string occurs in FontManager. If the developer allows the attacker to choose the font and outputs an image, the attacker can execute any shell command on the remote system. The name variable injected comes from the constructor of FontManager, which is invoked by ImageFormatter from options (CVE-2015-8557, rhbz#1276321). Solution: Update the affected packages to the latest available version. CVSS Score: 9.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-8557 Debian Security Information: DSA-3445 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3445 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/4 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-05 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133823/Pygments-FontManager._get_nix_font_path-Shell-Injection.html https://bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/pygments-main/pull-requests/501/fix-shell-injection-in/diff http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/6 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/17 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2862-1 |
Copyright | Copyright (C) 2015 Eero Volotinen |
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