Gentoo GLSA-201807-03 Normal: ZNC Privilege Escalation Risk Advisory
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July 29, 2018
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ZNC, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ZNC. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All ZNC users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/znc-1.7.1-rc1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2018-14055 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14055 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-14056 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14056
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-03
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: ZNC:Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: July 29, 2018
Bugs: #661228
ID: 201807-03
Topics Covered
Background
ZNC is an advanced IRC bouncer.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-irc/znc < 1.7.1-rc1 >= 1.7.1-rc1
Impact
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A remote attacker could read arbitary files and esclate privileges.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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