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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201904-02 ] Libical: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 04:42:21
Message-Id: 20190402041831.GB29674@monkey
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201904-02
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Libical: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: April 02, 2019
10 Bugs: #587572, #587574
11 ID: 201904-02
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Libical, the worst of which
19 could result in a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 An Open Source implementation of the iCalendar protocols and protocol
25 data units.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 dev-libs/libical < 3.0.0 >= 3.0.0
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Libical. Please review
39 the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
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41 Impact
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44 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All Libical users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libical-3.0.0"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2016-5823
63 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5823
64 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-5824
65 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5824
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-02
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
91 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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93 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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