glsa-201804-21.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201804-21">
  <title>librelp: Remote code execution</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability has been found in librelp that may allow a remote
    attacker to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">librelp</product>
  <announced>2018-04-22</announced>
  <revised count="1">2018-04-22</revised>
  <bug>651192</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-libs/librelp" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.2.15</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.15</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>A reliable logging program.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A buffer overflow was discovered in librelp with the handling of x509
      certificates.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>A remote attacker, by sending a specially crafted x509 certificate,
      could execute arbitrary code.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All librelp users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-libs/librelp-1.2.15"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000140">
      CVE-2018-1000140
    </uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-04-22T21:23:29Z">b-man</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-04-22T23:52:09Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>