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Gentoo: GLSA-202003-01 Normal: Groovy Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey March 12, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A recent security notice regarding Groovy for Gentoo highlights a moderate severity vulnerability that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
A vulnerability within serialization might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

It was discovered that there was a vulnerability within the Java serialization/deserialization process.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo arbitrary code execution normal groovy

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for Groovy. We recommend that usersunmerge Groovy: # emerge --unmerge "dev-java/groovy"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-6814 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6814

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-01
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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: Groovy: Arbitrary code execution
Date: March 07, 2020
Bugs: #605690
ID: 202003-01

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo arbitrary code execution normal groovy

Synopsis

A vulnerability within serialization might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

A multi-faceted language for the Java platform

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-java/groovy <= 2.4.5 Vulnerable! ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate to another package if one is available or wait for the existing packages to be marked stable by their architecture maintainers.

Impact

===== An attacker, by crafting a special serialized object, could execute arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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