Gentoo: 201904-03 Normal: Unbound Privilege Escalation Issues
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April 2, 2019
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Unbound, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Unbound. Please review the referenced bugs for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All Unbound users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/unbound-1.8.3"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-03
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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: Unbound: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: April 02, 2019
Bugs: #641042, #677054
ID: 201904-03
Topics Covered
Background
Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-dns/unbound < 1.8.3 >= 1.8.3
Impact
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Please review the referenced bugs for details.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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