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Gentoo: GLSA-201702-16 High: Redis Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey February 21, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Redis presents several security flaws that could lead to arbitrary code execution. Address these issues swiftly to ensure system integrity.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Redis, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote exploit code execution redis permission escalation

Resolution

All Redis 3.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/redis-3.0.7"
All Redis 3.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/redis-3.2.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-4335 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4335 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-8080 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8080 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-8339 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8339

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-16
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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: Normal
Title: Redis: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 20, 2017
Bugs: #551274, #565188, #595730
ID: 201702-16

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote exploit code execution redis permission escalation

Synopsis

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

Background

Redis is an open source (BSD licensed), in-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache and message broker.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/redis < 3.2.5 >= 3.2.5 >= 3.0.7

Impact

===== A remote attacker, able to connect to a Redis instance, could issue malicious commands possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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