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From: Sam James <sam@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202101-24 ] cfitsio: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:25:05
Message-Id: C52A7FD9-B2A0-4E6F-8786-D9824434DB24@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202101-24
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: cfitsio: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: January 26, 2021
10 Bugs: #673944
11 ID: 202101-24
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15 Synopsis
16 ========
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cfitsio, the worst of which
19 could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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24 A C and Fortran library for manipulating FITS files.
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26 Affected packages
27 =================
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 sci-libs/cfitsio < 3.490 >= 3.490
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cfitsio. Please review
38 the 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 cfitsio users should upgrade to the latest version:
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55 # emerge --sync
56 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-libs/cfitsio-3.490"
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58 References
59 ==========
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61 [ 1 ] CVE-2018-3846
62 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3846
63 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-3847
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3847
65 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-3848
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3848
67 [ 4 ] CVE-2018-3849
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3849
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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