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Bug 536356 - =x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.99.911-r1: Directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2014-4910)
Summary: =x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.99.911-r1: Directory traversal vulnerability ...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal trivial (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
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Whiteboard: ~4 [noglsa]
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Reported: 2015-01-11 19:45 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified: 2015-01-12 22:20 UTC (History)
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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2015-01-11 19:45:01 UTC 
CVE-2014-4910 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4910):
  Directory traversal vulnerability in tools/backlight_helper.c in X.Org
  xf86-video-intel 2.99.911 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite
  arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the interface name.


Maintainer(s), please drop the vulnerable version.
Comment 1 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2015-01-12 21:23:15 UTC 
patch linked in the CVE appears in .913, will remove
 * 2.99.911-r1
 * 2.99.912
 * 2.99.912-r1
Comment 2 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2015-01-12 22:06:54 UTC 
+  12 Jan 2015; Rémi Cardona <remi@gentoo.org>
+  -xf86-video-intel-2.99.911-r1.ebuild, -xf86-video-intel-2.99.912.ebuild,
+  -xf86-video-intel-2.99.912-r1.ebuild:
+  Remove versions vulnerable to CVE-2014-4910, see bug #536356.
+
Comment 3 Mikle Kolyada (RETIRED) archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2015-01-12 22:20:19 UTC 
Closed as [noglsa].