glsa-202408-04.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202408-04">
    <title>Levenshtein: Remote Code Execution</title>
    <synopsis>A vulnerability has been discovered in Levenshtein, which could lead to a remote code execution.</synopsis>
    <product type="ebuild">Levenshtein</product>
    <announced>2024-08-07</announced>
    <revised count="1">2024-08-07</revised>
    <bug>766009</bug>
    <access>remote</access>
    <affected>
        <package name="dev-python/Levenshtein" auto="yes" arch="*">
            <unaffected range="ge">0.12.1</unaffected>
            <vulnerable range="lt">0.12.1</vulnerable>
        </package>
    </affected>
    <background>
        <p>Levenshtein is a Python extension for computing string edit distances and similarities.</p>
    </background>
    <description>
        <p>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.</p>
    </description>
    <impact type="normal">
        <p>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.</p>
    </impact>
    <workaround>
        <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
    </workaround>
    <resolution>
        <p>All Levenshtein users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
        
        <code>
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/Levenshtein-0.12.1"
        </code>
    </resolution>
    <references>
    </references>
    <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2024-08-07T06:14:52.905613Z">graaff</metadata>
    <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2024-08-07T06:14:52.912037Z">graaff</metadata>
</glsa>