GLSA 202101-24: cfitsio: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	cfitsio: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	01/26/2021
Bugs:	#673944
ID:	202101-24

Synopsis

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

Background

A C and Fortran library for manipulating FITS files.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
sci-libs/cfitsio	< 3.490	>= 3.490	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All cfitsio users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-libs/cfitsio-3.490"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202101-24.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.