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Gentoo: GLSA-202401-12 Critical: Apache Tomcat Security Vulnerabilities

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Calendar Grey January 7, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo alerts users to Apache Batik security flaws; take immediate action to safeguard systems against potential remote execution risks.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Apache Batik, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution threats normal severity apache batik

Resolution

All Apache Batik users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/batik-1.17"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-8013 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8013 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-17566 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17566 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-11987 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11987 [ 4 ] CVE-2022-38398 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38398 [ 5 ] CVE-2022-38648 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38648 [ 6 ] CVE-2022-40146 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40146 [ 7 ] CVE-2022-41704 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41704 [ 8 ] CVE-2022-42890 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42890 [ 9 ] CVE-2022-44729 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44729 [ 10 ] CVE-2022-44730 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44730

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-11
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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: Apache Batik: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: January 07, 2024
Bugs: #724534, #872689, #918088
ID: 202401-11

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution threats normal severity apache batik

Synopsis

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

Background

Apache Batik is a Java-based toolkit for applications or applets that want to use images in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format for various purposes, such as display, generation or manipulation.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected -------------- ------------ ------------ dev-java/batik < 1.17 >= 1.17

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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