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Posted on 01 July 2024
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202407-03
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Severity: Normal
Title: Liferea: Remote Code Execution
Date: July 01, 2024
Bugs: #901085
ID: 202407-03
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Liferea, which can lead to remote
code execution.
Background
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Liferea is a feed reader/news aggregator that brings together all of the
content from your favorite subscriptions into a simple interface that
makes it easy to organize and browse feeds. Its GUI is similar to a
desktop mail/news client, with an embedded web browser.
Affected packages
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Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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net-news/liferea < 1.12.10 >= 1.12.10
Description
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Liferea. Please review the CVE
identifier referenced below for details.
Impact
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A vulnerability was found in liferea. Affected by this issue is the
function update_job_run of the file src/update.c of the component Feed
Enrichment. The manipulation of the argument source can lead to os
command injection. The attack may be launched remotely.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Liferea users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-news/liferea-1.12.10"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2023-1350
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1350
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/202407-03
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 2024 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.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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