GLSA 202412-18: Distrobox: Arbitrary Code Execution

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Distrobox: Arbitrary Code Execution
Date:	12/11/2024
Bugs:	#927742
ID:	202412-18

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Distrobox, which can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

Use any Linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Distrobox uses podman, docker or lilipod to create containers using the Linux distribution of your choice. The created container will be tightly integrated with the host, allowing sharing of the HOME directory of the user, external storage, external USB devices and graphical apps (X11/Wayland), and audio.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-containers/distrobox	< 1.7.0.1	>= 1.7.0.1	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Distrobox users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-containers/distrobox-1.7.0.1"

References

CVE-2024-29864

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202412-18.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.