GNU Automake: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background

GNU Automake is a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Automake. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A local attacker could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running an Automake-based build.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Automake users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/automake-1.11.6"