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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202008-02">
<title>GNU GLOBAL: Arbitrary code execution</title>
<synopsis>A vulnerability in GNU GLOBAL was discovered, possibly allowing
remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">global</product>
<announced>2020-08-08</announced>
<revised count="1">2020-08-08</revised>
<bug>646348</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-util/global" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">6.6.4</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">6.6.4</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>GNU GLOBAL is a source code tagging system that works the same way
across diverse environments, such as Emacs editor, Vi editor, Less
viewer, Bash shell, various web browsers, etc.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>A vulnerability was found in an undocumented function of gozilla.</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted URL
using GNU GLOBAL, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with
the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All GNU GLOBAL users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/global-6.6.4"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17531">CVE-2017-17531</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-08-08T02:37:03Z">sam_c</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-08-08T04:17:26Z">sam_c</metadata>
</glsa>
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