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2.3 KiB
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68 lines
2.3 KiB
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<?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="200411-04">
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<title>Speedtouch USB driver: Privilege escalation vulnerability</title>
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<synopsis>
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A vulnerability in the Speedtouch USB driver can be exploited to allow
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local users to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">speedtouch</product>
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<announced>November 02, 2004</announced>
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<revised>November 02, 2004: 01</revised>
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<bug>68436</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-dialup/speedtouch" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.3.1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.3.1</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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The speedtouch package contains a driver for the ADSL SpeedTouch USB modem.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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The Speedtouch USB driver contains multiple format string vulnerabilities
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in modem_run, pppoa2 and pppoa3. This flaw is due to an improperly made
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syslog() system call.
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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 malicious local user could exploit this vulnerability by causing a buffer
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overflow, and potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code with
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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 Speedtouch USB driver 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 ">=net-dialup/speedtouch-1.3.1"</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=CAN-2004-0834">CAN-2004-0834</uri>
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<uri link="http://speedtouch.sourceforge.net/index.php?/news.en.html">Speedtouch Project News Announcements</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 29 Oct 2004 08:13:35 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:15:40 +0000">
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lewk
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 2 Nov 2004 13:27:33 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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