Bug 976684 (CVE-2013-2208)

Summary: CVE-2013-2208 tpp: Possibility of arbitrary code execution when processing untrusted TPP template
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Local copy of Debian patch from http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/tpp/1.3.1-3/15-optional-exec.patch none

Description Jan Lieskovsky 2013-06-21 07:53:27 UTC 
A security flaw was found in the way tpp, a ncurses-based presentation tool, processed TPP templates containing --exec clause (input provided as an argument of the --exec clause would be immediately executed without requesting a second confirmation from the user). A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted text presentation program (TPP) template that, when processed with the tpp binary would lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running the tpp executable.

References:
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=706644

Relevant patch from Debian distribution (adds requirement
the user to explicitly confirm code execution is desired):
[2] http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/tpp/1.3.1-3/15-optional-exec.patch
Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-06-21 07:55:07 UTC 
Created attachment 763691 [details]
Local copy of Debian patch from http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/tpp/1.3.1-3/15-optional-exec.patch
Comment 2 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-06-21 07:56:21 UTC 
This issue affects the versions of the tpp package, as shipped with Fedora release of 17 and 18. Please schedule an update.

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This issue affects the version of the tpp package, as shipped with Fedora EPEL 6. Please schedule an update.
Comment 3 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-06-21 07:57:11 UTC 
Created tpp tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 976686]
Affects: epel-6 [bug 976687]
Comment 4 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-06-21 08:05:13 UTC 
GitHub patch link:
  https://github.com/xtaran/tpp/commit/350aafbd9a3256f6d479dacb9740bf3f0b9a3fc3
Comment 5 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-06-21 08:11:11 UTC 
CVE Request:
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/21/2
Comment 6 Vincent Danen 2013-06-21 17:04:49 UTC 
This issue was assigned the name CVE-2013-2208 as per http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/609