Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202003-11 - A SSRF may allow remote attackers to forge illegitimate requests. Versions less than or equal to 0.0-r2 are affected.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202003-11
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: SVG Salamander: Server-Side Request Forgery
Date: March 14, 2020
Bugs: #607720
ID: 202003-11
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Synopsis
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A SSRF may allow remote attackers to forge illegitimate requests.
Background
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SVG Salamander is a light weight SVG renderer and animator for Java.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-java/svgsalamander <= 0.0-r2 Vulnerable!
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NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
to another package if one is available or wait for the
existing packages to be marked stable by their
architecture maintainers.
Description
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A Server-Side Request Forgery was discovered in SVG Salamander.
Impact
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An attacker, by sending a specially crafted SVG file, can conduct SSRF.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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Gentoo has discontinued support for SVG Salamander. We recommend that
users unmerge SVG Salamander:
# emerge --unmerge "dev-java/svgsalamander"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-5617
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5617
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-11
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5