A schroot security update has been released for Gentoo Linux.

GLSA 202210-11 : schroot: Denial of Service

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202210-11
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  https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Low
Title: schroot: Denial of Service
Date: October 31, 2022
Bugs: #867016
ID: 202210-11

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in schroot which could result in
denial of service of the schroot service.

Background
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schroot is a utility to execute commands in a chroot environment.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-util/schroot < 1.6.13_p2 >= 1.6.13_p2

Description
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schroot is unecessarily permissive in rules regarding chroot and session
names.

Impact
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A crafted chroot or session name can break the internal state of the
schroot service, leading to denial of service.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All schroot users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">?v-util/schroot-1.6.13"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2022-2787
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2787

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/202210-11

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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belongs to its owner(s).

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