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Gentoo: GLSA-202305-14 Moderate Severity: Discord Token Leak Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Telegram clients on Gentoo are urged to update due to a session timeout vulnerability that can lead to potential security threats.
An insufficient session expiration has been reported in Telegram.

Summary

It was discovered that Telegram failed to invalidate a recently active session.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update gentoo information disclosure telegram session expiration

Resolution

All Telegram users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/telegram-desktop-2.4.11"
All Telegram binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-im/telegram-desktop-bin-2.4.11"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-27351 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27351

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-07
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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: Low
Title: Telegram: Security bypass
Date: May 26, 2021
Bugs: #771684
ID: 202105-07

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update gentoo information disclosure telegram session expiration

Synopsis

An insufficient session expiration has been reported in Telegram.

Background

Telegram is a cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on security and speed.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-im/telegram-desktop < 2.4.11 >= 2.4.11 2 net-im/telegram-desktop-bin < 2.4.11 >= 2.4.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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