lesspipe: Arbitrary Code Exeecution — GLSA 202211-02

A vulnerability has been found in lesspipe which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages

app-text/lesspipe on all architectures
Affected versions < 2.06
Unaffected versions >= 2.06

Background

lesspipe is a preprocessor for less.

Description

lesspipe has support for parsing Perl storable ("PST") files,

Impact

A crafted Perl storable file which is passed into lesspipe could result in arbitrary code execution.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All lesspipe users should update to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/lesspipe-2.06"
 

References

Release date
November 10, 2022

Latest revision
November 10, 2022: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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