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1.9 KiB
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63 lines
1.9 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="200405-05">
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<title>Utempter symlink vulnerability</title>
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<synopsis>
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Utempter contains a vulnerability that may allow local users to overwrite
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arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">utempter</product>
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<announced>May 13, 2004</announced>
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<revised>May 13, 2004: 01</revised>
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<bug>49536</bug>
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<access>local </access>
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<affected>
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<package name="sys-apps/utempter" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.5.5.4</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">0.5.5.4</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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Utempter is an application that allows non-privileged apps to write utmp
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(login) info, which otherwise needs root access.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Utempter contains a vulnerability that may allow local users to overwrite
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arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
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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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This vulnerability may allow arbitrary files to be overwritten with root
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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. All users are advised to upgrade
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to the latest available version of utempter.
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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 users of utempter should upgrade to the latest stable version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge sync
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# emerge -pv ">=sys-apps/utempter-0.5.5.4"
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# emerge ">=sys-apps/utempter-0.5.5.4"</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-2004-0233">CAN-2004-0233</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="submitter">
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klieber
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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