Gentoo: GLSA-202103-02: Redis: Remote code execution
Summary
It was discovered that there were a number of integer overflow issues in Redis.
Resolution
All Redis 5.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/redis-5.0.12"
All Redis 6.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-db/redis-6.0.12"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2021-21309 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21309
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-02
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
Redis is an open source (BSD licensed), in-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache and message broker.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-db/redis < 6.0.12 >= 5.0.12 >= 6.0.12
Impact
===== A remote attacker, able to connect to a Redis instance, could send a malicious crafted large request possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.