An Oniguruma security update to address multiple vulnerabilities has been released for Gentoo Linux

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Severity: High
Title: Oniguruma: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: November 07, 2019
Bugs: #691832
ID: 201911-03

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Oniguruma, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background
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Oniguruma is a regular expression library.

Affected packages
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------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/oniguruma < 6.9.3 >= 6.9.3
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oniguruma. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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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
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Oniguruma users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/oniguruma-6.9.3"
References
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[ 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
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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/201911-03

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
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