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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-73
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Severity: Normal
Title: SQUASHFS: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 29, 2017
Bugs: #552484
ID: 201701-73

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in SQUASHFS, the worst of
which may allow execution of arbitrary code

Background
==========

Squashfs is a compressed read-only filesystem for Linux. Squashfs is
intended for general read-only filesystem use, for archival use (i.e.
in cases where a .tar.gz file may be used), and in constrained block
device/memory systems (e.g. embedded systems) where low overhead is
needed.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-fs/squashfs-tools < 4.3-r1 >= 4.3-r1

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in SQUASHFS. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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Remote attackers, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted
SQUASHFS image, could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
process.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All SQUASHFS users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=sys-fs/squashfs-tools-4.3-r1”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-4645
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4645
[ 2 ] CVE-2015-4646
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4646

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/201701-73

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 2017 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.

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

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