GLSA 202312-04: Arduino: Remote Code Execution

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Arduino: Remote Code Execution
Date:	12/22/2023
Bugs:	#830716
ID:	202312-04

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in Arduino which bundled a vulnerable version of log4j.

Background

Arduino is an open-source AVR electronics prototyping platform.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-embedded/arduino	< 1.8.19	>= 1.8.19	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

Arduino bundles a vulnerable version of log4j that may lead to remote code execution.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Arduino users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-embedded/arduino-1.8.19"

References

CVE-2021-4104

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202312-04.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.