[ GLSA 201709-06 ] Supervisor

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Supervisor: command injection vulnerability (GLSA 201709-06)
Severity: high
Exploitable: remote
Date: 2017-09-17
Bug(s): #626100
ID: 201709-06

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Supervisor might allow remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code.



Background

Supervisor is a client/server system that allows its users to monitor
and control a number of processes on UNIX-like operating systems.


Affected Packages

Package: app-admin/supervisor
Vulnerable: < 3.1.4
Unaffected: >= 3.1.4
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

A vulnerability in Supervisor was discovered in which an authenticated
client could send malicious XML-RPC requests and supervidord will run
them as shell commands with process privileges. In some cases,
supervisord is configured with root permissions.


Impact

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the process.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Supervisor users should upgrade to the latest version: