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Gentoo: GLSA-202007-33 High: OSSEC Multiple Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey July 26, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo has released GLSA-202007-33 which pertains to critical vulnerabilities in OSSEC; all users are advised to perform updates promptly.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OSSEC, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity software update multiple issues arbitrary execution OSSEC

Resolution

All OSSEC users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/ossec-hids-3.6.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-8442 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8442 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-8443 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8443 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-8444 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8444 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-8445 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8445 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-8446 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8446 [ 6 ] CVE-2020-8447 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8447 [ 7 ] CVE-2020-8448 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8448

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-33
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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: High
Title: OSSEC: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 27, 2020
Bugs: #707826
ID: 202007-33

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity software update multiple issues arbitrary execution OSSEC

Synopsis

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

Background

OSSEC is a full platform to monitor and control your system(s).

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/ossec-hids < 3.6.0 >= 3.6.0

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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