Binwalk: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202309-07

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Binwalk, the worst of which could result in remote code execution.

Affected packages

app-misc/binwalk on all architectures
Affected versions < 2.3.4
Unaffected versions >= 2.3.4

Background

Binwalk is a tool for identifying files embedded inside firmware images.

Description

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Binwalk users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/binwalk-2.3.4"
 

References

Release date
September 17, 2023

Latest revision
September 17, 2023: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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