Gentoo: GLSA-201911-03: Oniguruma: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oniguruma. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All Oniguruma users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/oniguruma-6.9.3"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2019-13224 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13224 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-13225 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13225
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201911-03
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.
Background
Oniguruma is a regular expression library.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/oniguruma < 6.9.3 >= 6.9.3
Impact
===== A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted string using an application linked against Oniguruma, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.