GLSA 201903-22: ZeroMQ: Code execution

Severity:high
Title:ZeroMQ: Code execution
Date:03/28/2019
Bugs: #675376
ID:201903-22

Synopsis

An overflow was discovered in ZeroMQ which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

Looks like an embeddable networking library but acts like a concurrency framework

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
net-libs/zeromq < 4.3.1 >= 4.3.1 All supported architectures

Description

Please reference the CVE for details.

Impact

Please reference the CVE for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ZeroMQ users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/zeromq-4.3.1"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201903-22.xml

Concerns?

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License

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