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1.9 KiB
66 lines
1.9 KiB
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200803-05">
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<title>SplitVT: Privilege escalation</title>
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<synopsis>
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A vulnerability in SplitVT may allow local users to gain escalated
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privileges.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">splitvt</product>
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<announced>March 03, 2008</announced>
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<revised>March 03, 2008: 01</revised>
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<bug>211240</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-misc/splitvt" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.6.6-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.6.6-r1</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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SplitVT is a program for splitting terminals into two shells.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Mike Ashton reported that SplitVT does not drop group privileges before
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executing the xprop utility.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>
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A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain the "utmp"
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group 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 SplitVT users should upgrade to the latest 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-misc/splitvt-1.6.6-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0162">CVE-2008-0162</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:35:01 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:35:10 +0000">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:02:58 +0000">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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