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Gentoo GLSA-201812-08 Normal: Scala Privilege Escalation Risk

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Calendar Grey December 15, 2018
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
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A vulnerability in Scala could result in privilege escalation.

Summary

It was discovered that Scala's compilation daemon does not properly manage permissions for private files.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo security issue privilege escalation normal severity Scala

Resolution

All Scala users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/scala-2.12.4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-15288 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15288

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-08
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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: Scala: Privilege escalation
Date: December 15, 2018
Bugs: #637940
ID: 201812-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo security issue privilege escalation normal severity Scala

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Scala could result in privilege escalation.

Background

Scala combines object-oriented and functional programming in one concise, high-level language.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-lang/scala < 2.12.4 >= 2.12.4

Impact

===== A local attacker could escalate privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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