GLSA 202407-28: Freenet: Deanonymization Vulnerability

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Freenet: Deanonymization Vulnerability
Date:	07/24/2024
Bugs:	#904441
ID:	202407-28

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Freenet, which can lead to deanonymization due to path folding.

Background

Freenet is an encrypted network without censorship.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-p2p/freenet	< 0.7.5_p1497	>= 0.7.5_p1497	All supported architectures

Description

This release fixes a severe vulnerability in path folding that allowed to distinguish between downloaders and forwarders with an adapted node that is directly connected via opennet.

Impact

This release fixes a severe vulnerability in path folding that allowed to distinguish between downloaders and forwarders with an adapted node that is directly connected via opennet.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Freenet users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/freenet-0.7.5_p1497"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202407-28.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.