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Gentoo: GLSA 202408-05 Moderate: Hamming Local Exploit Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey August 7, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Alpine Linux's ASA 202408-05 highlights a vulnerability in the zlib library, posing risks for potential data breaches. Prompt intervention required.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Levenshtein, which could lead to a remote code execution.

Summary

Fixed handling of numerous possible wraparounds in calculating the size of memory allocations; incorrect handling of which could cause denial of service or even possible remote code execution.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote code execution update instructions normal severity python extension

Resolution

All Levenshtein users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/Levenshtein-0.12.1"

References


Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202408-04
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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: Levenshtein: Remote Code Execution
Date: August 07, 2024
Bugs: #766009
ID: 202408-04

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote code execution update instructions normal severity python extension

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Levenshtein, which could lead to a remote code execution.

Background

Levenshtein is a Python extension for computing string edit distances and similarities.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ---------------------- ------------ ------------ dev-python/Levenshtein < 0.12.1 >= 0.12.1

Impact

Fixed handling of numerous possible wraparounds in calculating the size of memory allocations; incorrect handling of which could cause denial of service or even possible remote code execution.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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