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GLSA-201612-05 : Pygments: Arbitrary code execution

critical Nessus Plugin ID 95520

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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-201612-05 (Pygments: Arbitrary code execution)

 A vulnerability in FontManager’s _get_nix_font_path function allows shell metacharacters to be passed in a font name.
 Impact :

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

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Pygments users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-python/pygments-2.0.2-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-05

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 95520

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201612-05.nasl

Version: 3.2

Type: local

Published: 12/5/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8557

GLSA: 201612-05