GLSA-202408-04 : Levenshtein: Remote Code Execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 205134

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202408-04 (Levenshtein: Remote Code Execution)

Fixed handling of numerous possible wraparounds in calculating the size of memory allocations; incorrect handling of which could cause denial of service or even possible remote code execution.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All Levenshtein users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-python/Levenshtein-0.12.1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 205134

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202408-04.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 8/7/2024

Updated: 8/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:levenshtein

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2024

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