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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201904-18 ] libseccomp: Privilege escalation
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 20:18:25
Message-Id: 20190417183240.GR29860@monkey
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201904-18
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: libseccomp: Privilege escalation
9 Date: April 17, 2019
10 Bugs: #680442
11 ID: 201904-18
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in libseccomp allows for privilege escalation.
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20 Background
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23 A library that provides an easy to use, platform independent, interface
24 to the Linux Kernel's syscall filtering mechanism.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 sys-libs/libseccomp < 2.4.0 >= 2.4.0
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34 Description
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37 Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
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39 Impact
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42 Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details.
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44 Workaround
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47 There is no known workaround at this time.
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49 Resolution
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52 All libseccomp users should upgrade to the latest version:
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54 # emerge --sync
55 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/libseccomp-2.4.0"
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57 References
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60 [ 1 ] CVE-2019-9893
61 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9893
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63 Availability
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66 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
67 the Gentoo Security Website:
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69 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-18
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71 Concerns?
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74 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
75 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
76 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
77 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
78 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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80 License
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83 Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
84 belongs to its owner(s).
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86 The contents of this document are licensed under the
87 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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89 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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