Scala: Privilege escalation

Scala: Privilege escalation A vulnerability in Scala could result in privilege escalation. scala 2018-12-15 2018-12-15 637940 local 2.12.4 2.12.4

Scala combines object-oriented and functional programming in one concise, high-level language.

It was discovered that Scala’s compilation daemon does not properly manage permissions for private files.

A local attacker could escalate privileges.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Scala users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/scala-2.12.4"

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