Security
Security
A vulnerability was discovered in dpkg which could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.
| Package | app-arch/dpkg on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.17.26 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.17.26 |
Debian package management system.
Gentoo Linux developer, Hanno Böck, discovered an off-by-one error in the dpkg-deb component of dpkg, the Debian package management system, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.
An attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code if an user or an automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted Debian binary package (.deb).
There is no known workaround at this time.
All dpkg users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/dpkg-1.17.26"
Release date
December 04, 2016
Latest revision
December 04, 2016: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
local, remote
Bugzilla entries