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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201210-05
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Bash: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: October 20, 2012
     Bugs: #251319, #431850
       ID: 201210-05

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Synopsis
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Two vulnerabilities have been found in Bash, the worst of which may
allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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Bash is the standard GNU Bourne Again SHell.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  app-shells/bash             < 4.2_p37                 >= 4.2_p37

Description
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Two vulnerabilities have been found in Bash:

* Bash example scripts do not handle temporary files securely
  (CVE-2008-5374).
* Improper bounds checking in Bash could cause a stack-based buffer
  overflow (CVE-2012-3410).

Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted Bash
script, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process, or a Denial of Service condition of the Bash
executable.

A local attacker may be able to perform symlink attacks to overwrite
arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application
or bypass shell access restrictions.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Bash users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-shells/bash-4.2_p37"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-5374
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-5374
[ 2 ] CVE-2012-3410
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3410

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

 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-05.xml

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 2012 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