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From: Sam James <sam@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202007-43 ] TRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 00:59:57
Message-Id: A504EE3F-AF3B-4A9F-A01F-64C965BF49B0@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202007-43
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: TRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: July 27, 2020
10 Bugs: #597616
11 ID: 202007-43
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in TRE, the worst of which
19 could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
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21 Background
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24 TRE is the free and portable approximate regex matching library.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 dev-libs/tre < 0.8.0-r2 >= 0.8.0-r2
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in TRE. Please review the
38 CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
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45 Workaround
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48 There is no known workaround at this time.
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50 Resolution
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53 All TRE users should upgrade to the latest version:
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55 # emerge --sync
56 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/tre-0.8.0-r2"
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58 References
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61 [ 1 ] CVE-2016-8859
62 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8859
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64 Availability
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67 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
68 the Gentoo Security Website:
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70 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-43
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72 Concerns?
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75 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
76 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
77 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
78 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
79 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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81 License
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84 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
85 belongs to its owner(s).
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87 The contents of this document are licensed under the
88 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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90 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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