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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202003-01">
  <title>Groovy: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability within serialization might allow remote attackers
    to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">groovy</product>
  <announced>2020-03-07</announced>
  <revised count="3">2020-03-12</revised>
  <bug>605690</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-java/groovy" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <vulnerable range="le">2.4.5</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>A multi-faceted language for the Java platform</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>It was discovered that there was a vulnerability within the Java
      serialization/deserialization process.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>An attacker, by crafting a special serialized object, could execute
      arbitrary code.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>Gentoo has discontinued support for Groovy. We recommend that users
      unmerge Groovy:
    </p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --unmerge "dev-java/groovy"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6814">CVE-2016-6814</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2019-09-15T02:25:56Z">b-man</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-03-12T19:07:51Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>
