gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200404-06.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200404-06">
  <title>Util-linux login may leak sensitive data</title>
  <synopsis>
    The login program included in util-linux could leak sensitive information
    under certain conditions.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild"> </product>
  <announced>2004-04-07</announced>
  <revised count="01">2004-04-07</revised>
  <bug>46422</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sys-apps/util-linux" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.12</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="le">2.11</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Util-linux is a suite of essential system utilites, including login,
    agetty, fdisk. 
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    In some situations the login program could leak sensitive data due to an
    incorrect usage of a reallocated pointer.
    </p>
    <p>
	<b>NOTE:</b> Only users who have PAM support <b>disabled</b> on their
	systems (i.e.  <i>-PAM</i> in their USE variable) will be affected by this
	vulnerability.  By default, this USE flag is <b>enabled</b> on all
	architectures.  Users with PAM support on their system receive login binaries
	as part of the pam-login package, which remains unaffected.
	</p>
  </description>
  <impact type="low">
    <p>
    A remote attacker may obtain sensitive data.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
     A workaround is not currently known for this issue. All users are advised to upgrade to the latest version of the affected package.
	</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All util-linux users should upgrade to version 2.12 or later:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge sync
    
	# emerge -pv "&gt;=sys-apps/util-linux-2.12"
    # emerge "&gt;=sys-apps/util-linux-2.12"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0080">CAN-2004-0080</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter">lcars</metadata>
</glsa>