GLSA 202407-16: GNU Coreutils: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Severity:	high
Title:	GNU Coreutils: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Date:	07/05/2024
Bugs:	#922474
ID:	202407-16

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Coreutils, which can lead to a heap buffer overflow and possibly aribitrary code execution.

Background

The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
sys-apps/coreutils	< 9.4-r1	>= 9.4-r1	All supported architectures

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Coreutils "split" program that can lead to a heap buffer overflow and possibly arbitrary code execution.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Coreutils users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/coreutils-9.4-r1"

References

CVE-2024-0684

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202407-16.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.