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Gentoo: GLSA-202505-10 Normal: Tracker Miners Sandbox Escape Code Execution

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Calendar Grey May 14, 2025
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo tracker miners revealed vulnerabilities allowing sandbox breaches, risking unauthorized code execution. Users are urged to update to patched releases for enhanced security.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Tracker miners, which can lead to a sandbox escape and execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo arbitrary code sandbox escape data extractor Tracker miners

Resolution

All Tracker miners users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/tracker-miners-3.5.3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-5557 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5557

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202505-10
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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: Tracker miners: Sandbox weakness
Date: May 14, 2025
Bugs: #916378
ID: 202505-10

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo arbitrary code sandbox escape data extractor Tracker miners

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Tracker miners, which can lead to a sandbox escape and execution of arbitrary code.

Background

The Tracker miners are a collection of data extractors for the GNOME Tracker.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ----------------------- ------------ ------------ app-misc/tracker-miners < 3.5.3 >= 3.5.3

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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