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Debian Bookworm DSA-5805-1: Guix Privilege Escalation Risk

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Calendar Grey November 8, 2024
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Debian security announcement DSA-5806-1 includes critical information on a Guix escalation flaw and outlines necessary remediation steps.
It was discovered that the daemon of the GNU Guix functional package manager was susceptible to privilege escalation

Summary

It was discovered that the daemon of the GNU Guix functional package
manager was susceptible to privilege escalation. For additional
information please refer to
https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2024/build-user-takeover-vulnerability/

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.0-3+deb12u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your guix packages.

For the detailed security status of guix please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/guix

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: guix
CVE ID: not yet available

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