Portage: Man-in-the-middle

Portage: Man-in-the-middle A vulnerability in emerge-delta-webrsync and Portage could result in a man-in-the-middle attack. portage 2019-04-08 2019-04-08 646212 remote 3.7.4 3.7.4 2.3.22 2.3.22

Portage is the package management and distribution system for Gentoo.

A vulnerability was discovered in emerge-delta-webrsync and Portage that did not properly validate the revocation status of GPG keys.

A remote attacker could conduct a man-in-the-middle attack. Please review the referenced bug for specific details.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All emerge-delta-webrsync users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=app-portage/emerge-delta-webrsync-3.7.4"

All Portage users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/portage-2.3.22"

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