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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201709-06
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Supervisor: command injection vulnerability
Date: September 17, 2017
Bugs: #626100
ID: 201709-06
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in Supervisor might allow remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code.
Background
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Supervisor is a client/server system that allows its users to monitor
and control a number of processes on UNIX-like operating systems.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-admin/supervisor < 3.1.4 >= 3.1.4
Description
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A vulnerability in Supervisor was discovered in which an authenticated
client could send malicious XML-RPC requests and supervidord will run
them as shell commands with process privileges. In some cases,
supervisord is configured with root permissions.
Impact
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A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the process.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Supervisor users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "=app-admin/supervisor-3.1.4"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-11610
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-11610
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-06
Concerns?
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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
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Copyright 2017 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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