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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201908-17 ] ZeroMQ: Arbitrary code execution
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 16:36:20
Message-Id: 20190815155924.GL861995@bubba.lan
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201908-17
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: ZeroMQ: Arbitrary code execution
9 Date: August 15, 2019
10 Bugs: #689426
11 ID: 201908-17
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability in ZeroMQ might allow an attacker to execute arbitrary
19 code.
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21 Background
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24 Looks like an embeddable networking library but acts like a concurrency
25 framework.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-libs/zeromq < 4.3.2 >= 4.3.2
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35 Description
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38 A buffer overflow was discovered in ZeroMQ.
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40 Impact
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43 An attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges
44 of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
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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 ZeroMQ users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/zeromq-4.3.2"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2019-13132
63 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13132
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65 Availability
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68 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
69 the Gentoo Security Website:
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71 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-17
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73 Concerns?
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76 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
77 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
78 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
79 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
80 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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82 License
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85 Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
86 belongs to its owner(s).
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88 The contents of this document are licensed under the
89 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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91 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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