GLSA 201807-03: ZNC:Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	ZNC:Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	07/29/2018
Bugs:	#661228
ID:	201807-03

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ZNC, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.

Background

ZNC is an advanced IRC bouncer.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-irc/znc	< 1.7.1	>= 1.7.1	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker could read arbitary files and esclate privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ZNC users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/znc-1.7.1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201807-03.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.