SB2014022602 - Multiple vulnerabilities in xfce-mirror catfish

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2093)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Catfish through 0.4.0.3 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse catfish.py in the current working directory. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html "CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path"

2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2094)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Catfish through 0.4.0.3, when a Fedora package such as 0.4.0.2-2 is not used, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse catfish.pyc in the current working directory.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/25/2
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/25/4
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=739958
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069396