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Gentoo: GLSA-202301-07 Low Severity: Alpine Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey January 11, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws in Alpine may result in service disruptions; Gentoo users are advised to perform updates.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Alpine, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Summary

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

Resolution

All Alpine users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/alpine-2.25"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-38370 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38370 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-46853 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46853

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-07
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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.

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Severity: Low
Title: Alpine: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: January 11, 2023
Bugs: #807613
ID: 202301-07

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Alpine, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Background

Alpine is an easy to use text-based based mail and news client.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-client/alpine < 2.25 >= 2.25

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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