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GLSA-201603-02 : OSC: Shell command injection

high Nessus Plugin ID 89713

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201603-02 (OSC: Shell command injection)

 A vulnerability has been discovered that may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a _service file.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.
 Workaround :

 There is no known work around at this time.

Solution

All OSC users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-util/osc-0.152.0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-02

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 89713

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201603-02.nasl

Version: 2.2

Type: local

Published: 3/7/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:osc, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0778

GLSA: 201603-02