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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201908-15
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: ZNC: Privilege escalation
     Date: August 15, 2019
     Bugs: #688152
       ID: 201908-15

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in ZNC allows users to escalate privileges.

Background
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ZNC is an advanced IRC bouncer.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-irc/znc                < 1.7.4_rc1              >= 1.7.4_rc1 

Description
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It was discovered that ZNC's "Modules.cpp" allows remote authenticated
non-admin users to escalate privileges.

Impact
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A remote authenticated attacker could escalate privileges and
subsequently execute arbitrary code or conduct a Denial of Service
attack.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All ZNC users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/znc-1.7.4_rc1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2019-12816
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12816

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-15

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/