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Gentoo: GLSA-201706-13 Normal: Minicom Remote Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey June 6, 2017
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Unauthorized memory access in minicom could potentially lead to remote code execution vulnerabilities. It is advisable to update to version 2.7.1 to reduce security risks.
An out-of-bounds data access in minicom might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

In minicom before version 2.7.1, the escparms[] buffer in vt100.c is vulnerable to an overflow.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote execution arbitrary code minicom out-of-bounds normal severity

Resolution

All minicom users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dialup/minicom-2.7.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-7467 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7467

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-13
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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: minicom: Remote execution of arbitrary code
Date: June 06, 2017
Bugs: #615996
ID: 201706-13

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote execution arbitrary code minicom out-of-bounds normal severity

Synopsis

An out-of-bounds data access in minicom might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Minicom is a text-based serial port communications program.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-dialup/minicom < 2.7.1 >= 2.7.1

Impact

===== A remote attacker, able to connect to a minicom port, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.