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Gentoo: GLSA-202409-21 Normal: Multiple Hunspell Code Execution Issues

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Calendar Grey September 24, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Explore the newest Gentoo security notice regarding Hunspell, highlighting several flaws and suggested mitigation strategies.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Hunspell, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Summary

Malicious input to the hunspell spell checker could result in an application crash or other unspecified behavior.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution normal severity Hunspell

Resolution

All Hunspell users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/hunspell-1.7.1"

References


Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-21
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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: Hunspell: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: September 24, 2024
Bugs: #866093
ID: 202409-21

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo code execution normal severity Hunspell

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Hunspell, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

Hunspell is the spell checker of LibreOffice, OpenOffice.org, Mozilla Firefox & Thunderbird, Google Chrome.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ----------------- ------------ ------------ app-text/hunspell < 1.7.1 >= 1.7.1

Impact

Malicious input to the hunspell spell checker could result in an application crash or other unspecified behavior.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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