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Posted on 14 May 2025
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202505-10
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Severity: Normal
Title: Tracker miners: Sandbox weakness
Date: May 14, 2025
Bugs: #916378
ID: 202505-10
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Tracker miners, which can lead to
a sandbox escape and execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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The Tracker miners are a collection of data extractors for the GNOME
Tracker.
Affected packages
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Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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app-misc/tracker-miners < 3.5.3 >= 3.5.3
Description
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Tracker minders. Please review
the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
Impact
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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 Tracker miners users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/tracker-miners-3.5.3"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2023-5557
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5557
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/202505-10
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 2025 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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