Bug 1180298 – VUL-0: CVE-2020-35605: kitty: RCE because of filename containing special characters

Bug 1180298 - (CVE-2020-35605) VUL-0: CVE-2020-35605: kitty: RCE because of filename containing special characters

(CVE-2020-35605)
Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2020-35605: kitty: RCE because of filename containing special char...

Status:	IN_PROGRESS

Classification:	openSUSE
Product:	openSUSE Distribution
Classification:	openSUSE
Component:	Basesystem
Version:	Leap 15.2
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P3 - Medium Severity: Normal (vote)
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URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/273856/
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Reported:	2020-12-22 15:08 UTC by Alexander Bergmann
Modified:	2021-01-07 20:17 UTC (History)
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Description Alexander Bergmann 2020-12-22 15:08:23 UTC

rh#1910073

The Graphics Protocol feature in graphics.c in kitty before 0.19.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because a filename containing special characters can be included in an error message.

Reference:
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/3128

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/commit/82c137878c2b99100a3cdc1c0f0efea069313901

References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1910073
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-35605
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-35605
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/commit/82c137878c2b99100a3cdc1c0f0efea069313901
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/3128

Comment 1 Michael Vetter 2021-01-04 12:39:54 UTC

SR#860182 to Leap 15.2

For Tumbleweed this was fixed one week ago with SR#859010

Comment 2 OBSbugzilla Bot 2021-01-04 13:10:06 UTC

This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1180298) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/860182 15.2 / kitty

Comment 3 Swamp Workflow Management 2021-01-07 20:17:15 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2021:0025-1: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1180298
CVE References: CVE-2020-35605
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openSUSE Leap 15.2 (src):    kitty-0.16.0-lp152.2.3.1