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Gentoo: GLSA-202405-30 Normal: Rebar3 Command Injection Risk

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Calendar Grey May 12, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux GLSA 202405-31 alerts users to a potential vulnerability in the Rebar3 tool that may lead to security breaches through command injection. Prompt remediation is recommended.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Rebar3, which can lead to command injection.

Summary

Rebar3 is vulnerable to OS command injection via the URL parameter of a dependency specification.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue gentoo command injection normal severity rebar3 build tool

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for Rebar3 binary package. We recommend that users unmerge it:
# emerge --ask --depclean "dev-util/rebar-bin"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-13802 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13802

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202405-30
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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: Rebar3: Command Injection
Date: May 12, 2024
Bugs: #749363
ID: 202405-30

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue gentoo command injection normal severity rebar3 build tool

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Rebar3, which can lead to command injection.

Background

A sophisticated build-tool for Erlang projects that follows OTP principles.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------------ ------------ ------------ dev-util/rebar-bin < 3.14.4 >= 3.14.4

Impact

A vulnerability has been discovered in Rebar3. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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