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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202402-04
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 Severity: High
    Title: GNAT Ada Suite: Remote Code Execution
     Date: February 03, 2024
     Bugs: #787440
       ID: 202402-04

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in GNAT Ada Suite which can lead to
remote code execution.

Background
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The GNAT Ada Suite is an Ada development environment.

Affected packages
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Package                 Vulnerable    Unaffected
----------------------  ------------  ------------
dev-ada/gnat-suite-bin  < 2019-r2     Vulnerable!

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

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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Gentoo has discontinued support for GNAT Ada Suite. We recommend that
users unmerge it:

  # emerge --ask --depclean "dev-ada/gnat-suite-bin"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-27619
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27619

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/202402-04

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