GLSA 202005-10: libmicrodns: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	libmicrodns: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	05/14/2020
Bugs:	#714606
ID:	202005-10

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libmicrodns, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background

libmicrodns is an mDNS library, focused on being simple and cross-platform.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-libs/libmicrodns	< 0.1.2	>= 0.1.2	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libmicrodns. Please review the CVE identifiers and the upstream advisory referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libmicrodns users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/libmicrodns-0.1.2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202005-10.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.