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Gentoo: GLSA-202007-06 Normal: HylaFAX Privilege Escalation Threat

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Calendar Grey July 26, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo has issued a security advisory regarding HylaFAX, highlighting several vulnerabilities that could potentially allow for privilege escalation. It is crucial to stay informed and secure!
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in HylaFAX, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in HylaFAX. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update privilege escalation multiple vulnerabilities normal severity HylaFAX

Resolution

All HylaFAX users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/hylafaxplus-7.0.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-15396 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15396 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-15397 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15397

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-06
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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: HylaFAX: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 26, 2020
Bugs: #730290
ID: 202007-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update privilege escalation multiple vulnerabilities normal severity HylaFAX

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in HylaFAX, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.

Background

HylaFAX is an enterprise-class system for sending and receiving facsimile messages and for sending alpha-numeric pages.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/hylafaxplus < 7.0.2 >= 7.0.2

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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