CVE-2021-27851 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2021-27851: A security vulnerability that can lead to local privilege escalation has been found in ’guix-daemon’. It affects multi-user setups in which ’guix-daemon’ runs locally. The attack consists in having an unprivileged user spawn a build process, for instance with `guix build`, that makes its build direc

Affects 1 Linux release across 1 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2021-27851 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

guix→ fixed in1.2.0-4urgency: unimportant

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y guix

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