GLSA 202402-04: GNAT Ada Suite: Remote Code Execution

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Severity:	high
Title:	GNAT Ada Suite: Remote Code Execution
Date:	02/03/2024
Bugs:	#787440
ID:	202402-04

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in GNAT Ada Suite which can lead to remote code execution.

Background

The GNAT Ada Suite is an Ada development environment.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-ada/gnat-suite-bin	<= 2019-r2		All supported architectures

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in GNAT Ada Suite. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for GNAT Ada Suite. We recommend that users unmerge it:

          # emerge --ask --depclean "dev-ada/gnat-suite-bin"

References

CVE-2020-27619

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202402-04.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.