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Severity: Normal
Title: Distrobox: Arbitrary Code Execution
Date: December 11, 2024
Bugs: #927742
ID: 202412-18

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Distrobox, which can lead to
arbitrary code execution.

Background
==========

Use any Linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward
and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Distrobox uses podman, docker
or lilipod to create containers using the Linux distribution of your
choice. The created container will be tightly integrated with the host, allowing sharing of the HOME directory of the user, external storage,
external USB devices and graphical apps (X11/Wayland), and audio.

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

Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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app-containers/distrobox < 1.7.0.1 >= 1.7.0.1

Description
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Distrobox. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact
======

Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Distrobox users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-containers/distrobox-1.7.0.1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2024-29864
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29864

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/202412-18

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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