GLSA 201702-16: Redis: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Redis: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	02/20/2017
Bugs:	#551274, #565188, #595730
ID:	201702-16

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Redis, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Redis is an open source (BSD licensed), in-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache and message broker.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-db/redis	< 3.2.5	>= 3.2.5	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Redis. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker, able to connect to a Redis instance, could issue malicious commands possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Redis 3.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/redis-3.0.7"

All Redis 3.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/redis-3.2.5"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201702-16.xml

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.