Gentoo alert 202011-04 (fossil)
| From: | Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | |
| To: | gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org | |
| Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202011-04 ] Fossil: Multiple vulnerabilities | |
| Date: | Tue, 03 Nov 2020 00:34:22 +0000 | |
| Message-ID: | <EBD8E152-C216-4BDD-82EA-37E87AE9E693@gentoo.org> |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202011-04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Fossil: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: November 03, 2020 Bugs: #738220 ID: 202011-04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Fossil, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code. Background ========== Fossil is a simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management system. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-vcs/fossil < 2.12.1 >= 2.12.1 Description =========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Fossil. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact ====== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted repository using Fossil, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Fossil users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/fossil-2.12.1" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2020-24614 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24614 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-04 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. License ======= Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5