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Gentoo: GLSA-201405-10 High: Rack Multiple Code Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey May 17, 2014
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Uncover numerous critical flaws within Rack impacting Gentoo, posing risks of arbitrary code execution.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Rack, the worst of which allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Rack. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity arbitrary code execution risk Rack

Resolution

All Rack 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/rack-1.4.5"
All Rack 1.3 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/rack-1.3.10"
All Rack 1.2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/rack-1.2.8"
All Rack 1.1 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/rack-1.1.6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-6109 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6109 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-0183 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0183 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-0184 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0184 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-0262 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0262 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-0263 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0263

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-10
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: Rack: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 17, 2014
Bugs: #451620, #456176
ID: 201405-10

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity arbitrary code execution risk Rack

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Rack, the worst of which allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-ruby/rack < 1.4.5 >= 1.4.5 *>= 1.3.10 *>= 1.2.8 *>= 1.1.6

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.