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<glsa id="200411-26">
  <title>GIMPS, SETI@home, ChessBrain: Insecure installation</title>
  <synopsis>
    Improper file ownership allows user-owned files to be run with root
    privileges by init scripts.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">GIMPS,SETI@home,ChessBrain</product>
  <announced>November 17, 2004</announced>
  <revised>May 22, 2006: 03</revised>
  <bug>69868</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sci-misc/gimps" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">23.9-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="le">23.9</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="sci-misc/setiathome" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.08-r4</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">3.03-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="le">3.08-r3</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="sci-misc/chessbrain" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">20407-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="le">20407</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    GIMPS is a client for the distributed Great Internet Mersenne Prime
    Search. SETI@home is the client for the Search for Extraterrestrial
    Intelligence (SETI) project. ChessBrain is the client for the
    distributed chess supercomputer.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    GIMPS, SETI@home and ChessBrain ebuilds install user-owned binaries and
    init scripts which are executed with root privileges.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    This could lead to a local privilege escalation or root compromise.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All GIMPS users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=sci-misc/gimps-23.9-r1&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All SETI@home users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=sci-misc/setiathome-3.03-r2&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All ChessBrain users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=sci-misc/chessbrain-20407-r1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1115">CVE-2004-1115</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1116">CVE-2004-1116</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1117">CVE-2004-1117</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 13 Nov 2004 08:00:15 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 14 Nov 2004 18:34:14 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 14 Nov 2004 18:38:42 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
</glsa>