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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202407-16
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Severity: High
Title: GNU Coreutils: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Date: July 05, 2024
Bugs: #922474
ID: 202407-16

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Coreutils, which can lead to a
heap buffer overflow and possibly aribitrary code execution.

Background
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The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system.

Affected packages
=================

Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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sys-apps/coreutils < 9.4-r1 >= 9.4-r1

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

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Coreutils "split" program
that can lead to a heap buffer overflow and possibly arbitrary code
execution.

Impact
======

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Coreutils users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/coreutils-9.4-r1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2024-0684
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0684

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/202407-16

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 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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