GLSA 202107-45: PyCharm Community, Professional: Remote code execution

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Severity:	normal
Title:	PyCharm Community, Professional: Remote code execution
Date:	07/20/2021
Bugs:	#797892
ID:	202107-45

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in PyCharm Community and Professional, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Background

PyCharm is the Python IDE for professional developers.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-util/pycharm-professional	< 2021.1.2	>= 2021.1.2	All supported architectures
dev-util/pycharm-community	< 2021.1.2	>= 2021.1.2	All supported architectures

Description

Insufficient validation exists within PyCharmâ€™s checks for fetching projects from VCS.

Impact

If a victim can be enticed into fetching a VCS project via PyCharm, a remote attacker could achieve remote code execution.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All PyCharm Community users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=dev-util/pycharm-community-2021.1.2"

All PyCharm Professional users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=dev-util/pycharm-professional-2021.1.2"

References

CVE-2021-30005

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202107-45.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.