GLSA 202011-04: Fossil: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Fossil: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	11/03/2020
Bugs:	#738220
ID:	202011-04

Synopsis

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

Background

Fossil is a simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management system.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-vcs/fossil	< 2.12.1	>= 2.12.1	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted repository using Fossil, possibly resulting in 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 Fossil users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/fossil-2.12.1"

References

CVE-2020-24614

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202011-04.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.