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2.1 KiB
68 lines
2.1 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200502-31">
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<title>uim: Privilege escalation vulnerability</title>
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<synopsis>
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Under certain conditions, applications linked against uim suffer from a
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privilege escalation vulnerability.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">uim</product>
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<announced>February 28, 2005</announced>
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<revised>February 28, 2005: 01</revised>
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<bug>82678</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-i18n/uim" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.4.5.1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">0.4.5.1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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uim is a simple, secure and flexible input method library.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Takumi Asaki discovered that uim insufficiently checks environment
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variables. setuid/setgid applications linked against libuim could end
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up executing arbitrary code. This vulnerability only affects
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immodule-enabled Qt (if you build Qt 3.3.2 or later versions with
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USE="immqt" or USE="immqt-bc").
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A malicious local user could exploit this vulnerability to execute
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arbitrary code with escalated privileges.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All uim users should upgrade to the latest available version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-i18n/uim-0.4.5.1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0503">CAN-2005-0503</uri>
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<uri link="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/uim/2005-February/000996.html">uim announcement</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:53:35 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 27 Feb 2005 12:40:49 +0000">
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DerCorny
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:59:25 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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