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Gentoo: GLSA-202007-20 Normal Severity: Fuseiso Code Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey July 26, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Security Notification GLSA 202202-15 highlights various vulnerabilities in curl, which may result in unauthorized access.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in fuseiso, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo multiple issues arbitrary code execution normal severity fuseiso

Resolution

All fuseiso users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-fs/fuseiso-20070708-r3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-8837 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8837

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-20
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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: fuseiso: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 27, 2020
Bugs: #713328
ID: 202007-20

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo multiple issues arbitrary code execution normal severity fuseiso

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in fuseiso, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background

FuseISO is a FUSE module to mount ISO filesystem images (.iso, .nrg, .bin, .mdf and .img files).

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-fs/fuseiso < 20070708-r3 >= 20070708-r3

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted ISO file using fuseiso, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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