[ GLSA 201911-03 ] Oniguruma

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Oniguruma: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201911-03)
Severity: high
Exploitable: local, remote
Date: 2019-11-07
Bug(s): #691832
ID: 201911-03

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Oniguruma, the worst of
which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.


Background

Oniguruma is a regular expression library.

Affected Packages

Package: dev-libs/oniguruma
Vulnerable: < 6.9.3
Unaffected: >= 6.9.3
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

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


Impact

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted
string using an application linked against Oniguruma, could possibly
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a
Denial of Service condition.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Oniguruma users should upgrade to the latest version: