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Medium · 6.1 CVE-2021-32773 EUVD-2021-19537

Confused deputy attack in sandbox module resolution

Published Jul 19, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Racket is a general-purpose programming language and an ecosystem for language-oriented programming. In versions prior to 8.2, code evaluated using the Racket sandbox could cause system modules to incorrectly use attacker-created modules instead of their intended dependencies. This could allow system functions to be controlled by the attacker, giving access to facilities intended to be restricted. This problem is fixed in Racket version 8.2. A workaround is available, depending on system settings. For systems that provide arbitrary Racket evaluation, external sandboxing such as containers limit the impact of the problem. For multi-user evaluation systems, such as the `handin-server` system, it is not possible to work around this problem and upgrading is required.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
racket racket < 8.2 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 racket 7.9+dfsg1-2 —
Debian 13 racket 7.9+dfsg1-2 —
Debian 12 racket 7.9+dfsg1-2 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 racket No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS racket No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 racket No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS racket No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS racket No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS racket No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS racket No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS racket No fix yet —

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