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Gentoo: GLSA-202403-02 Moderate: Tox Security Vulnerability Notification

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Calendar Grey March 3, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202403-02 reports a potential vulnerability in the MySQL server that may lead to unauthorized data access. Users are advised to patch immediately.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Tox which may lead to remote code execution.

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in btrbk. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo software update remote code execution network threat normal severity tox

Resolution

All Tox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/tox-0.2.13"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-44847 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44847

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202403-01
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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: Tox: Remote Code Execution
Date: March 03, 2024
Bugs: #829650
ID: 202403-01

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo software update remote code execution network threat normal severity tox

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Tox which may lead to remote code execution.

Background

Tox is easy-to-use software that connects you with friends and family without anyone else listening in.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------ ------------ ------------ net-libs/tox < 0.2.13 >= 0.2.13

Impact

A stack-based buffer overflow allows remote attackers to crash the process or potentially execute arbitrary code via a network packet.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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