GLSA 201805-01: hesiod: Root privilege escalation

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Severity:	normal
Title:	hesiod: Root privilege escalation
Date:	05/02/2018
Bugs:	#606652
ID:	201805-01

Synopsis

A vulnerability was discovered in hesiod which may allow remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Background

DNS functionality to access to DB of information that changes infrequently.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-dns/hesiod	<= 3.1.0		All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in hesiod that have remained unaddressed. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Impact

A remote or local attacker may be able to escalate privileges to root.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for hesiod and recommends that users unmerge the package:

      # emerge --unmerge "net-dns/hesiod"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201805-01.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.