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Gentoo: GLSA 202407-16 High: Coreutils Buffer Overflow Risk

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Calendar Grey July 5, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo GLSA 202408-12 warns users about a critical security flaw in OpenSSL that may permit unauthorized access.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Coreutils, which can lead to a heap buffer overflow and possibly aribitrary code execution.

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Coreutils "split" program that can lead to a heap buffer overflow and possibly arbitrary code execution.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo buffer overflow arbitrary code execution coreutils

Resolution

All Coreutils users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/coreutils-9.4-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2024-0684 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0684

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202407-16
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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: High
Title: GNU Coreutils: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Date: July 05, 2024
Bugs: #922474
ID: 202407-16

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo buffer overflow arbitrary code execution coreutils

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Coreutils, which can lead to a heap buffer overflow and possibly aribitrary code execution.

Background

The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------------ ------------ ------------ sys-apps/coreutils < 9.4-r1 >= 9.4-r1

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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