gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200710-18.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200710-18">
<title>util-linux: Local privilege escalation</title>
<synopsis>
The mount and umount programs might allow local attackers to gain root
privileges.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">util-linux</product>
<announced>2007-10-18</announced>
<revised count="01">2007-10-18</revised>
<bug>195390</bug>
<access>local</access>
<affected>
<package name="sys-apps/util-linux" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.12r-r8</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.12r-r8</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
util-linux is a suite of Linux programs including mount and umount,
programs used to mount and unmount filesystems.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Ludwig Nussel discovered that the check_special_mountprog() and
check_special_umountprog() functions call setuid() and setgid() in the
wrong order and do not check the return values, which can lead to
privileges being dropped improperly.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>
A local attacker may be able to exploit this vulnerability by using
mount helpers such as the mount.nfs program to gain root privileges and
run arbitrary commands.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All util-linux users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-apps/util-linux-2.12r-r8"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5191">CVE-2007-5191</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-10-12T17:17:12Z">
rbu
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-10-12T17:18:23Z">
rbu
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-10-15T00:47:53Z">
rbu
</metadata>
</glsa>