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Severity: Normal
Title: Portage: Unverified PGP Signatures
Date: September 22, 2024
Bugs: #905356
ID: 202409-01

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Portage, where PGP signatures
would not be verified.

Background
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Portage is the default Gentoo package management system.

Affected packages
=================

Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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sys-apps/portage < 3.0.47 >= 3.0.47

Description
===========

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

Impact
======

When using the webrsync mechanism to sync the tree the PGP signatures
that protect the integrity of the data in the tree would not be
verified. This would allow a man-in-the-middle attack to inject
arbitrary content into the tree.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Portage users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/portage-3.0.47"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2016-20021
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20021

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-01

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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