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Gentoo: GLSA-201904-11 Normal: Man-in-the-Middle Risk in Portage

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Calendar Grey April 8, 2019
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A vulnerability in emerge-delta-webrsync and Portage could result in a man-in-the-middle attack.

Summary

A vulnerability was discovered in emerge-delta-webrsync and Portage that did not properly validate the revocation status of GPG keys.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo man-in-the-middle normal severity portage emerge-delta-webrsync

Resolution

All emerge-delta-webrsync users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge -a --oneshot -v ">=app-portage/emerge-delta-webrsync-3.7.4"
All Portage users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/portage-2.3.22"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-11
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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: Portage: Man-in-the-middle
Date: April 08, 2019
Bugs: #646212
ID: 201904-11

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo man-in-the-middle normal severity portage emerge-delta-webrsync

Synopsis

A vulnerability in emerge-delta-webrsync and Portage could result in a man-in-the-middle attack.

Background

Portage is the package management and distribution system for Gentoo.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-portage/emerge-delta-webrsync < 3.7.4 >= 3.7.4 2 sys-apps/portage < 2.3.22 >= 2.3.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== A remote attacker could conduct a man-in-the-middle attack. Please review the referenced bug for specific details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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