<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="202009-17"> <title>gpsd: Arbitrary code execution</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in gpsd could allow remote code execution.</synopsis> <product type="ebuild">gpsd</product> <announced>2020-09-29</announced> <revised count="1">2020-09-29</revised> <bug>743766</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="sci-geosciences/gpsd" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">3.18</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">3.18</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>gpsd is a GPS daemon and library for USB/serial GPS devices and GPS/mapping clients. </p> </background> <description> <p>A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in gpsd on port 2947/TCP or crafted JSON inputs. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All gpsd users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-geosciences/gpsd-3.18" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17937">CVE-2018-17937</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-09-25T20:46:53Z">sam_c</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-09-29T18:06:31Z">sam_c</metadata> </glsa>