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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201903-11 ] XRootD: Remote code execution
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 01:51:18
Message-Id: 20190314013643.GC14998@monkey
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201903-11
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: XRootD: Remote code execution
9 Date: March 14, 2019
10 Bugs: #638420
11 ID: 201903-11
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability was discovered in XRootD which could lead to the remote
19 execution of code.
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21 Background
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24 A project that aims at giving high performance, scalable, and fault
25 tolerant access to data repositories of many kinds.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-libs/xrootd < 4.8.3 >= 4.8.3
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35 Description
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38 A shell command injection was discovered in XRootD.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code.
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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 XRootD users should upgrade to the latest version:
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55 # emerge --sync
56 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/xrootd-4.8.3"
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58 References
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61 [ 1 ] CVE-2017-1000215
62 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000215
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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/201903-11
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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 2019 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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