metadata/glsa/glsa-202209-22.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202209-22">
    <title>Kitty: Arbitrary Code Execution</title>
    <synopsis>A vulnerability has been found in Kitty which could allow for arbitrary code execution with user input.</synopsis>
    <product type="ebuild">kitty</product>
    <announced>2022-09-29</announced>
    <revised count="1">2022-09-29</revised>
    <bug>868543</bug>
    <access>remote</access>
    <affected>
        <package name="x11-terms/kitty" auto="yes" arch="*">
            <unaffected range="ge">0.26.2</unaffected>
            <vulnerable range="lt">0.26.2</vulnerable>
        </package>
    </affected>
    <background>
        <p>Kitty is a fast, feature-rich, GPU-based terminal.</p>
    </background>
    <description>
        <p>Carter Sande discovered that maliciously constructed control sequences can cause Kitty to display a notification that, when clicked, can cause Kitty to execute arbitrary commands.</p>
    </description>
    <impact type="normal">
        <p>Kitty can produce notifications that, when clicked, can execute arbitrary commands.</p>
    </impact>
    <workaround>
        <p>Avoid clicking unexpected notifications.</p>
    </workaround>
    <resolution>
        <p>All Kitty users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
        
        <code>
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-terms/kitty-0.26.2"
        </code>
    </resolution>
    <references>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41322">CVE-2022-41322</uri>
    </references>
    <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2022-09-29T14:24:10.185134Z">ajak</metadata>
    <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2022-09-29T14:24:10.190433Z">ajak</metadata>
</glsa>