A Symlink security update has been released for Gentoo Linux.

gentoo-announce: GLSA 202008-23 : chrony: Symlink vulnerability

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202008-23
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  https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: chrony: Symlink vulnerability
Date: August 30, 2020
Bugs: #738154
ID: 202008-23

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in chrony may allow a privileged attacker to cause data
loss via a symlink.

Background
==========

chrony is a versatile implementation of the Network Time Protocol
(NTP).

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/chrony < 3.5.1 >= 3.5.1

Description
===========

It was found that chrony did not check whether its PID file was a
symlink.

Impact
======

A local attacker could perform symlink attack(s) to overwrite arbitrary
files with root privileges.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All chrony users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/chrony-3.5.1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-14367
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14367
[ 2 ] chrony-3.5.1 release announcement
  https://listengine.tuxfamily.org/chrony.tuxfamily.org/chrony-announce/2020/08/msg00000.html

Availability
============

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

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-23

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.

License
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The contents of this document are licensed under the
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  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5