Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Fossil, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
Package | dev-vcs/fossil on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 2.12.1 |
Unaffected versions | >= 2.12.1 |
Fossil is a simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management system.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Fossil. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted repository using Fossil, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Fossil users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/fossil-2.12.1"
Release date
November 03, 2020
Latest revision
November 03, 2020: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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