ZeroMQ: Code execution — GLSA 201903-22

An overflow was discovered in ZeroMQ which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages

net-libs/zeromq on all architectures
Affected versions < 4.3.1
Unaffected versions >= 4.3.1

Background

Looks like an embeddable networking library but acts like a concurrency framework

Description

Please reference the CVE for details.

Impact

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Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ZeroMQ users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/zeromq-4.3.1"
 

References

Release date
March 28, 2019

Latest revision
March 28, 2019: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
local, remote

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