Gentoo: GLSA-202007-43 Normal: TRE Multiple Issues Detected
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July 26, 2020
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in TRE, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in TRE. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All TRE users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/tre-0.8.0-r2"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2016-8859 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8859
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-43
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: TRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 27, 2020
Bugs: #597616
ID: 202007-43
Topics Covered
Background
TRE is the free and portable approximate regex matching library.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/tre < 0.8.0-r2 >= 0.8.0-r2
Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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